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827 · More With Gately in the Hospital

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Spam
a brand of spiced ham

tallly insubstantial ghostish figure
'tall' used adverbially with 3 successive "L"s. cute.

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phantasms
apparitions or specters

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quanta
plural of quantum, an indivisible entity of energy

Heisenbergian
Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901-1976) was a German physicist and one of the fathers of quantum mechanics.

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extrude
to thrust out

ACCIACCATURA
defined here

PROPRIOCEPTION
the sense of the relative position of the parts of the body

TESTUDO
a genus of tortoises

BRICOLAGE
the creation of an artistic work from a diverse range of things that are around

CATALEPT
a person suffering from catalepsy

LAERTES
a character from Hamlet who seeks to kill the title character

STRIGIL
defined here

CHRONAXY
alternate spelling of chronaxie

POOR YORICK

The (dead) jester in Hamlet. The quote referred to is by Hamlet, holding Yorick's skull after Yorick's remains are uncovered: 'Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest'

LUCULUS
a Roman general of antiquity

MONTCLAIR
the model of car owned by James Incandenza's father, Mario

DE SICA
Vittorio De Sica (1902-1974) was an Italian filmmaker, probably most famous for The Bicycle Thief.

CIRCUMAMBIENTFOUNDDRAMALEVIRATEMARIAGE
Circumambient means walking around. "Found Drama" was one of James Incandenza's contributions to film artistic history. Levirate marriage is a tradition in several cultures whereby the younger brother of a deceased man marries the dead brother's widow.

HELIATED
infused with helium

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'Ren and Stimpy'
the main characters in a once-popular animated television series

'Oo Is 'E When 'E's at 'Ome'
or "Who Is He When He's at Home?", which is apparently a common Irish saying

'Exposed Northerners'
Wallace is punning on the name of the once-popular television show Northern Exposure.

fractional
comparatively small or insignificant

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figurants
performers with no spoken lines

The Sorrow and the Pity
a film about the Nazi occupation of France

Heineken Maneuver
Gately means "Heimlich Maneuver."

Schwulst or Altman
The only Schwulst I can find is Lance Schwulst, who is probably not the person referred to. Robert Bernard Altman (1925-2006) was an American filmmaker.

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DEXTRAL
right-handed

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shell-game
a con game

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Mennonite
an Anabaptist denomination named for Menno Simons (1496-1561), a Frisian religious leader

vapid
lacking liveliness or spirit

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packy
short for "package store," it's where one buys alcohol

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beeswax
i.e., business

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lit
landed

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ü
a German diphthong, somewhere between /u/ and /ee/

Stetson with feather

Stetson w/ feather
Stetson hats or Stetsons refers to the brand of hat manufactered by the John B. Stetson Company of St. Joseph, Missouri. The word 'Stetson' is sometimes used as a genericized term for a cowboy hat. Although the Stetson company makes other styles of brimmed hat, the Stetson name has become synonymous with a style it pioneered, featuring a high crown and wide brim, popularly known as a Cowboy hat. Wikipedia

penchant
a predilection

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