Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079

Endnote 234 · Excerpts From Orin's Interview With Moment

Page 1038

Rafferty
Terrence Rafferty was a film critic for the New Yorker magazine.

NPR
National Public Radio

Page 1039

dun
make repeated demands on

Madison Avenue
the street in New York famous for its advertising firms

traversion
Orin probably means "introversion."

T-square
a drafting tool

Page 1040

Prussian
here used to mean "very strict"

schizogenic
produced or formed by fission

pathogenic
capable of producing disease

Page 1041

antidote
Orin means "anecdote."

Quelquechose
French: something

Page 1042

pièce
as in "pièce de resistance," the punchline or main point

Page 1043

four horsemen
as in the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelation

BPL
Boston Public Library

Page 1044

Page 1047

Y.D.A.U.

J.O.I.
James O. Incandenza

guile
insidious cunning

larval
immature in its kind

codpieces
a pouch at the crotch of tight-fitting breeches, popular during the Renaissance

Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) was a British poet whose work had themes of homosexuality and sadomasochism.

prenominate
aforementioned

Page 1048

fairly high-sodium way
i.e., with a grain (or more) of salt

purposive
serving some purpose

cross-sectioned cow
Cornell University apparently has a cow whose stomachs you can see in action.

anaclitic
denoting psychologic dependence

Page 1049

prevarication
lying

"...as if from the Rose Garden..."
like the President of the U.S. answering a question from a reporter

monilial
having to do with vaginal yeast infection

S. Johnson
probably a reference to Dr. Samuel Johnson, the lexicographer

Page 1050

Steeples
Bain has become to get Steeply's name wrong.

Steeley
ditto

ACOAs
Adult Children of Alcoholics

AlaTeens
a support group for teenage children of alcoholics

ACONAs
Adult Children of Narcotics Anonymous

ACOGs
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

aspic
meat jelly

Page 1051

Starkly
Bain gets Steeply's name wrong yet again.

univocal
unambiguous

furcated
branching or forking

albatross
a burden, from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Starksaddle
another mistake with Steeply's name

perspicuous
clearly expressed

Page 1052

multivalent
having various meanings

Bainbridge
This isn't even close to Steeply's name.

Personal tools