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Contents
- 1 Page 63 (cont'd)
- 2 Page 64
- 3 Endnote 24
- 4 Page 64 (cont'd)
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- 11 Endnote 26
- 12 Page 67 (cont'd)
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- 22 Endnote 30
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- 31 Endnote 34
- 32 Page 82 (cont'd)
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Page 63 (cont'd)
G. Ford - early G. Bush
roughly 1974 to 1989
S.A.C.
Strategic Air Command
neutron
a subatomic particle with no charge
gamma-refractive
referring to a certain index of refraction, i.e., a measure of how much the speed of light is slowed down under certain conditions
lithium-adonized
made more beautiful with lithium
Page 64
cold annular fusion
Cold fusion is a low-energy nuclear reaction. That it is annular means it is ring-shaped.
Tableaux
This is the French pluralization of "tableau," a striking scene.
homolosine-cartography
This is map-making based on an equal distribution of land, created by John Paul Goode (1862-1932), an American geographer. Goode did this to replace the Eurocentric Mercator projection.
optative
expressing a wish or choice
U.S.T.A.
United States Tennis Assocation
après-garde
French for "rear guard," it's the opposite of avant-garde.
Endnote 24
Page 64 (cont'd)
Macdonald Chair
possibly named for Dwight Macdonald (1906-1982), American writer, editor, and social critic
Royal Victoria College of McGill University
now an all women's residence at McGill University in Montreal
Reflective vs. Reflexive Systems
These are two systems of cognition, the former is associative, rapid in processing, and subconcious, while the latter is rule-based and thus slower.
Personnes à Qui On Doit Surveiller Attentivement
French: People Whom We Must Watch Closely
Throppinghamshire Provincial College, New Brunswick, Canada
There is no such college, though New Brunswick is a province of Canada.
recondite
dealing with complex subject matter
mordantly
in a caustic manner
feck
efficacy; force; value
Page 65
F.C.
Perhaps "formerly Canadian"
A.E.C.
Atomic Energy Commission
ARPA-NET
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, development by the U.S. Dept. of Defense, was a forerunner of the Internet.
L'Islet County
a county of Québec at the northern end of the Appalachian Mountains
hyperfloration
overgrowth of flowers or plants
festschrift
In German, a Festschrift is a celebratory monograph dedicated to a person.
anticonfluential
against things coming together
chiaroscuro
distribution of light and shade in a photo or painting
annulation
the formation of rings
hypertrophied
grown exceeding large
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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
tacks
follows a zigzag course
Mile-High
the stadium in which the Denver Broncos play
100 meters over the 40
I.e., the 40-yard line on the football field. One hundred meters is slightly longer than the length of the field.
nongarish
not garish, i.e., not excessively ornate
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zither
a harp-like instrument, hand-held, associated with angels
water-drops
being dropped into water, presumably because the football team in Seattle is the Seahawks
Oiler
the former football team of Houston, now the Tennessee Titans
Brown
The Browns are the football team of Cleveland.
Page 66
organopsychedelic
a substance naturally producing a psychedelic effect
isoxazole-alkaloid
Isoxazole is explained here; an alkaloid is a naturally occurring, nitrogen-containing, plant-produced compound.
Page 67
methoxylated
Wikipedia redirects here or "methoxylation."
phenylkylamine
possibly a made-up substance
rock and bob Hasidically
A Hasid or Chasid is an Orthodox Jew who wears sidelogs, dark clothes, etc. The bobbing is a nod to what Hasidim do when praying or studying religious texts.
titrated
To titrate is "to ascertain the quantity of a given constituent by adding a liquid reagent of known strength and measuring the volume necessary to convert the constituent to another form" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary).
As used here, a doper expression meaning to try a bit of the drug to ascertain its effects before taking the whole thing (eg one hit of pot, half a tab of acid/LSD).
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Endnote 26
enkephalin
a type of painkiller
Page 67 (cont'd)
psychodysleptic
a drug that negative effects the take psychologically
in medias
Latin: in the middle of
oblique
neither perpendicular nor parallel
deliquesce
to become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
68* · Kate Gompert in the Psych Ward
Page 68
Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
Watteau
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was a French painter.
Yevtuschenko's Field Guide to Clinical States
This book does not exist. The famous famous person with the name Yevtuschenko (sic) is Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (born 1933), Russian poet most famous for his composition Babi Yar, about the mass murder of 35,000 Jews by the Nazis at this location in Ukraine during World War II.
Page 69
hypocapnia
reduced carbon dioxide in the blood as a result of hyperventilation
emery board
a disposable nail file
Wellesley Hills
a section of the town of Wellesley, Mass., 15 miles west-southwest of Boston
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
a real hospital
Parnate
A brand name of tranylcypromine, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAO) antidepressant that is among the oldest class of antidepressants and that have a load of serious side effects. Usually used as a last resort.
dysphoria
feeling badly
diurnal
during the day
w/w/o
with and without
CO
carbon monoxide, often used from engine exhaust for suicide
hemotoxicity
poisonous blood level
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Librium
brand name of chlordiazepoxide, the oldest benzodiazepine and used for cocaine and alcohol withdrawal
Dretske
perhaps Fred Dretske (born 1932), a philosopher of the mind
Mydol
a misspelling of Midol
trepidation
hesitancy caused by fear
facial affect
emotions expressed on the face
Lithonate
a brand name of lithium
Page 71
plestor
another name for a pleximeter
plangent
loud and resounding
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carpopedal
involving both the hands and feet
tetanic
pertaining to tetanus, a kind of lockjaw caused by contamination of a wound, usually
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circumorals
muscles around the mouth
thigmotactic
having to do with thigmotaxis, i.e., the movement or an organism as a response to a mechanical stimulus
dentate
having teeth
synclinal
sloping downward from opposite directions, so as to meet at a single point, like this: \ /
Sinse
short for sin semilla, Spanish for "without seeds," it's a type of marijuana
duBois
fake etymology for "doobie," a term for a marijuana cigarette
Page 76
uremic
smelling like urine, because of a condition whereby waste products normally excreted in the urine are retained in the blood
Endnote 30
boric acid
also used as a detergent and a barrier against insects
Page 77
the T
local transit in the Boston metro area
Page 78
"That old cartridge, Nicholas and the big Indian..."
She's referring to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; "Nichols" is Jack Nicholson.
78 · Medical Attaché Update #3
Page 78
0145h.
It's been six hours and eighteen minutes since the medical attaché put the cartridge in his player.
Page 79
rictus
a gaping grimace
79 · Schtitt & Mario
Page 79
Nick Bolletieri
a real tennis coach
epaulets
military shoulder decorations on clothing
a philosopher instead of a king
Although Plato stresses, in Republic, that kings should be philosophers (and vice-versa), this is obviously rarely the case.
F.R.G.
Federal Republic of Germany, which is the technical name for Germany today, but referred to West Germany in the days of divided Germany (1945-1989)
leptosomatic
having a slender, frail build
pedagogical
having to do with teaching
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post-prandial
following a meal
calliopsis
another name for Plains correopsis
quincunx
briers' yeasty musk
the yeasty smell arising from the brier patches
bradykinetic
describing abnormally slow movement
plosivity
referring to a plosive or linguistic stop, i.e., a sound in a language characterized by the stopping of the breath: examples include not only the phonemes /p/ and /b/, but /t/, /d/, etc.
Euclid
Euclid of Alexandria was a 4th century BC Greek mathematician and "father of geometry."
Page 81
tympana
Plural for the Latin tympanum, i.e., "drum," here it is a drum-shaped architectural design.
TE OCCIDERE POSSUNT SED TE EDERE NON POSSUNT NEFAS EST
The euphemistic translation aside, this literaly means (in Latin): They can kill you but they cannot eat you; it's a crime.
discursive
rambling in speech
wonk
A wonk is "a person who studies a subject or issue in an excessively assiduous and thorough manner" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary).
Page 82
simpatico
in agreement
Hopman
either Henry ("Harry") Christian Hopman Harry or Nell Hopman
Endnote 34
Mandelbrotian
Referring to Benoît B. Mandelbrot (born 1924), French-American-Jewish mathematician.
post-Gödelian
coming after Kurt Gödel (1906-1978), Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher
Page 82 (cont'd)
van der Meer
probably Simon van der Meer (born 1925), Dutch Nobel laureate in physics
fractal
A fractal is "a geometrical or physical structure having an irregular or fragmented shape at all scales of measurement between a greatest and smallest scale such that certain mathematical or physical properties of the structure, as the perimeter of a curve or the flow rate in a porous medium, behave as if the dimensions of the structure (fractal dimensions) are greater than the spatial dimensions" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary).
aleatory
of or pertaining to accidental causes
Lieber Gott nein
German: Dear God, no
Gymanasium
the equivalent of a U.S. college-prepatory high school
appetitive will
that part of the will that desires physical things
Page 83
palestra
an ancient Greek school of wrestling
experialist
like "imperialist," but rather than incorporating outside things into itself, an experialist entity exports things outside itself that are not wanted; in the case of O.N.A.N., toxic waste
Verstiegenheit
literally German for "eccentricity"
Platz
German: a public square
Page 84
pirouetting
whirling on the toes
Page 85
85 · Tiny Ewell in Detox
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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
D.T.
Used here as a verb, the acronym refers to delirium tremens.
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skallycap
another name for a tam
87 · Medical Attaché Update #4
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Seventh Day Adventist
a Protestant denomination marked (in its name) by the fact that they observe their sabbath on Saturday, i.e., the "seventh day"
87* · Marathe & Steeply
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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
payloaders
a type of construction equipment
