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663 · Steeply-Bain Correspondence

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Y.D.A.U.

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V.D.
no idea

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Endnote 269

Endnote 269 · Actual Steeply-Bain Correspondence

666 · More in the Tunnel

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ferrous
containing iron

morphic
probably short for "metamorphic," a type of rock

ovoid
egg-shaped

26 meters
about 85.3 feet

B.P.
battery powered

parget
plaster used for covering walls

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novitiate
in the beginning period of something

dross
refuse metal from the refining process

Trojan
a brand of condoms

vermiform
looking like a worm

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Robert's Rules
Robert's Rules of Parliamentary Procedure, the standard text on how to run a meeting

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P.B.
perhaps "pulsed beam"

radial nerve
a nerve running from above the shoulder (in the neck) down the length of the arm

parfait
a tall glass filled with ice cream

electrostatic
giving off erratic static electricity

Tallat-Kelpsa
also the name of a Latvian classical composer

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pules
whimpers

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malefic
producing evil

Orkin
a nationwide chain of exterminators

latency
i.e., sexual latency, the period Freud posited during which male sexuality is dormant

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The Bible
The quote isn't from the Bible.

'What're maggots?'
They're fly larvae.

673 · Hal v. Stice (continued)

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Collyrium
Collyrium itself is not a brand name; it's the generic name.

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Donnay
a brand of tennis racquet

akimbo
with hands on hips

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'Veux que nous nous parlons français? Serait plus facile, ça?'
French: Do you want to speak in French? Would that be easier?

Lenglen, Rosewall
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (1899-1938) was a French tennis player who won thirty-one Grand Slams. Kenneth Robert ("Ken") Rosewall (born 1934) was an Australian tennis player with three Grand Slam wins.

'In A.D. 1887 a fifteen-year-old-girl won Wimbledon...'
This is Lottie Dod (1871-1960), who won another four Wimbledon championships.

Evert
Christine Marie Evert (born 1954) was a former American tennis player with eighteen grand slam wins.

Austin, Jaeger, Graff, Sawamatsu
Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born 1962) was an American tennis player who won Wimbledon in 1979 and 1981. Andrea Jaeger (born 1965) was an American tennis player who is now an Anglican nun. Stefanie Maria Graf (born 1969) is a German former tennis player with twenty-one Grand slam titles. Naoko Sawamatsu (born 1973) was a Japanese tennis player who retired in 1988

Wilander
Mats Wilander (born 1964) was a Swedish tennis player with seven Grand Slam titles.

Treffer, Medvedev, Esconja
Only Andriy Medvedev (born 1974), the Ukrainian player who won the French Open in 1991, is a real person, apparently.

Becker
Boris Franz Becker (born 1967) was a German tennis player with six Grand Slam titles.

Kleckner
not a real player

senza errori
Italian: without errors

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Endnote 274

Falls Church VA
a city about ten miles west of Washington, D.C.

Clipper
A clipper in electronics is a way of sort of metering how much electricity, power, data, etc., goes through a circuit. Here its usage would seem more to indicate a computer hacker.

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Arias and Krickstein
James ("Jimmy") Arias (born 1964) was a former American pro tennis player. Aaron Krickstein (born 1967) is also a former American tennis player.

Treffert
apparently not a real player

Capriati
Jennifer Marie Capriati (born 1976) was an American pro tennis player, winning three Grand Slam titles.

well-known tragedy
By the time Infinite Jest had been published, Capriati had been arrested for marijuana possession. She returned to pro tennis that same year, perhaps after the book went to press.

Pat Cash
Patrick Hart "Pat" Cash (born 1965) was an Australian pro tennis player, winning Wimbledon in 1987.

aux disques
French: on disks, here probably referring to TP disks

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Augustus
Caesar Augustus, first emperor of Rome

Bud
short for Budweiser, a brand name of beer

half-meter
1.64 feet

apparition
a ghost, but here referring to Mario

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salaam
Arabic for "peace," here meaning a deep bow

intersticial
misspelling of "interstitial"

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Japonois
French: a misspelling of japonais, meaning Japanese

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raglan
having sleeves that go in one piece to the neckline

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682 · Some Pemulis Family Background

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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment

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calamari
Italian-style squid

Louth in Lenster
Louth is about 50 miles north-northwest of Dublin. Leinster (note spelling) is one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland, the others being Connaught, Ulster, and Munster. There are not officially used as Ulster is divided between the Republic of Ireland and the U.K. since 1922.

hauteur
arrogance

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mien
appearance

A fook in t'boom
"a fuck in the bum" with an Irish brogue

malt liquor
a high-alcohol-content variety of beer

sone
i.e., son

a.
A word ("queer" or "faggot" perhaps) is being deleted by Matty in his remembrance

"...rosebud, his dark star..."
his anus

russet
yellowish- or reddish-brown