Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079
Endnote 234 · Excerpts From Orin's Interview With Moment
Contents
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Rafferty
Terrence Rafferty was a film critic for the New Yorker magazine.
NPR
National Public Radio
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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
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Prussian
here used to mean "very strict"
schizogenic
produced or formed by fission
pathogenic
capable of producing disease
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antidote
Orin means "anecdote."
Quelquechose
French: something
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pièce
as in "pièce de resistance," the punchline or main point
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four horsemen
as in the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelation
BPL
Boston Public Library
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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multivalent
having various meanings
Bainbridge
This isn't even close to Steeply's name.
Endnote 321
(1063-1066)
Rise Over Run
The rise (amount the line increases) of a line divided over the run (length of the line) give you the slope of the line, which is also equal in calculus to the first derivative.
tangent
This concept is explained here.
Differentiation
the process by which one determines the first derivative of a mathematical function
inexorably
relentlessly
covers
songs written by other people than yourself
Digestive-Flora
bacteria that live in the intestine and aid in digestion
Verdun Protestant Hospital
now called Douglas Mental Health Institute
tu-sais-qué
really bad French for "you know what"
Human Hatchet
i.e., Axford
Blue Flames
apparently some sort of drug
O2
oxygen
Jiminy Cricket
a character from Pinocchio
