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Don Gately Remembers
Page 902
cognomen
a nickname
pre-infarcted
an infarct is when a piece of organ tissue, usually in the brain or heart (stroke or heart attack, respectively), is deprived of oxygen for a period of time because of a blockage or thrombosis, and either dies or is significantly weakened
fullback
a running back whose primary job is blocking; in the I-formation, the fullback is between the quarterback and the halfback in terms of distance from the line of scrimmage
outside linebacker
a defensive player who plays a few yards behind the line of scrimmage and behind one end of the defensive line or the other (as opposed to inside or middle linebackers, who are behind the center of the line)
a 4.4 40
He could run 40 yards in 4.4 seconds.
Page 903
"...in a flaming L.A...."
This would make the year 1992.
"some Finest got home-movied..."
This is a reference to the Rodney King beating.
Orkin
a large exterminator company
screwdrivers
vodka and orange juice
brownshirts and jackboots
things worn by Nazis; jackboots are combat boots that go to mid-calf
Zog
i.e., ZOG, for Zionist Occupation Government, the acronym coined by American neo-Nazi Eric Thomson
The Turner Diaries
Written by William Luther Pierce III (1933-2002), this is a neo-Nazi novel once called the "blueprint" for the Oklahoma City bombing.
desBois
the plural of duBois
sinsemilla
cultivated high potency marijuana
Page 904
Hefenreffer
a misspelling of Haffenreffer, a Boston brewery
B.M.S.
Beverly Middle School
tapir
a very long-nosed animal; see a picture here
Erlenmeyer Flasks
Read about them here.T
"...to cyclize OH..."
To cyclize something is to have it form rings. OH is the hydroxy radical.
Endnote 364
Love Boat
actually commonly used as a nickname for marijuana laced with PCP
Page 904 (cont'd)
Farberware
a brand name of pots and pans
tetrahydrofruan
Probably a mis-spelling of the solvent tetrahydrofuran (CH2)4O
PVC pipe cleaner
A product for preparing PVC to be chemically bonded. Usually mixtures of organic solvents, such as Acetone, Cyclohexanone, Methyl Ethyl Ketone and Tetrahydrofuran, e.g. this bad boy
48 contigs
48 continguous United States (excludes Alaska and Hawaii)
6 provinces
presumably the six Canadian provinces that border the contiguous 48 states, i.e., British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec
Sominex
a brand name of antihistamine sleeping aid
H3C
methyl group
mnemonic brown-out
a sort of memory lapse short of a blackout
droogs
a word from Anthony Burgess's invented Nadsat language from the novel 'A Clockwork Orange'; it means 'friends'
Page 905
truancy
skipping school
A.D.D.
Attention Deficit Disorder
strabysmic
cross-eyed
sieg-heil
German for "hail victory," the reference is to the Nazis.
aveil
i.e., avail
Water Lou
i.e., Waterloo
Ethan From
see note supra for page 884
Page 906
Howl
a famous poem by Irwin Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), American poet
Chaucerian English
You can read an example here.
enervated
weakened
M.S.
multiple sclerosis
Lou Gehrig's
the more common name for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which the famous New York Yankee suffered from
Salem State U.
There is a Salem State College, but not a university.
Hal Wakes Up (Maybe?)
Page 906
Page 907
glottal stop
An unvoiced consonant made by constricting the vocal tract. It is not present in written English, but is common in speech, particularly regional variants such as cockney, where, for example, it replaces the 't' sound in many words: "better", pronounced "be'er" or "city": "ci'y". It is also commonly heard as the consonant separating the two vowel sounds in "uh-oh".
Javol
It's unclear how Hal is pronouncing this word, but he likely means Jawohl, German for an emphatic "yes."
Page 908
tu-savez-quoi
(bad) French: You know what
bacchanal
a wild party or orgy
M.M.
Michael Matthew
Shi'ite Moslems
Muslims who believe that Ali was the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad
mullah
a title of respect for one educated in Islamic law
unitard
a bodysuit or one-piece leotard
Page 909
something out of Zorro
referring to Stice's mask-like face bandage; see right for a picture of Guy Williams as Disney's television Zorro (originally aired 1957-1959)
porcine
like a swine
vantage
point of view
mano-à-tête
combination of "mano-a-mano" (Spanish: hand to hand) and "tête-à-tête" (French: head-to-head)
Good-Looking Men in
Although the Filmography says it is UNRELEASED, Hal apparently has a copy in the Viewing Room. Cf. Page 991.
Page 910
50 kilos
over 110 pounds
tam-o'-shanter
a Scottish style hat sometimes with a tassel, feather, or pompon in the center
Ocean Spray
a brand name of cranberry juice
Page 911
hydrophobia
fear of water; a manifestation of the disease rabies
pandemic
an epidemic that spreads through human populations across a large region (for example a continent), or even worldwide
Peterson's The Cage
"The Cage", a 28-minute surrealistic film from 1947, directed by Sidney Peterson
teleologic
regarding a final cause
Endnote 366
Professor H. Bloom
Harold Bloom (born 1930) is a prominent American literary critic.
artistic influenza
not actually one of Bloom's concepts
peripatetic
walking around
Page 911 (cont'd)
clinamen
an unpredictable swerve; see more here
tessera
can have several meanings; it's unclear which (if any) applies here
kenosis
the emptying of one's will to become receptive to God's will; see more here
daemonization
also "demonization;" essentially the repudiation of polytheistic deities by the teachings of monotheistic (or henotheistic) religions; see more here
askesis
from the Greek for asceticism, characterised by exercise and/or training to develop self-discipline and self-control for religious or meditative purposes
More Gately History
Page 911
Saugus
a suburb about 10 miles north of Boston
Page 912
B&E
breaking and entering
prenominate
named beforehand
priapistic
having priapisms, or painful, long-lasting erections
Teddibly Soddy
terribly sorry
Point Shirley
a neighborhood on Deer Island, south of Winthrop, Massachusetts, in the Massachusetts Bay east of Boston
L.T.I.
Long-term institution (glossed in note 365).
Endnote 367
Pen Registers
an electronic device that records the phone numbers of outgoing calls on a particular line
Page 912 (cont'd)
vigorish
the bookie's fee for his services (see "vig" later on the page and the note for page 204)
Page 913
skeet
the principal borrowed amount
Cafergot
A medication named after its combination of caffeine and ergotamine titrate, the chemical precursor to LSD; used to treat migraine headaches. Read about it here.
National Cranio-Facial Pain Foundation
presumably fictitious, although there is a Craniofacial Pain Center in Boise, Idaho; where Schacht interns, Page 267
hole
total outstanding debt
Endnote 368
Cimetidine
actually an antacid―strange that Wallace would make such an error, so perhaps it's deliberate
Page 914
Endnote 369
Mace
a brand name of pepper spray
Page 914 (cont'd)
Osco
a pharmacy chain
the Virus
i.e., HIV
Page 915
diabetes mellitus
more commonly known simply as "diabetes"
respiritic
presumably having to do with breathing
laminating
sealing in plastic
Page 916
The B.U. punter
a.k.a. Orin Incandenza
Billerica Minimum
the minimum-security Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Billerica, Massachusetts
