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902 · Don Gately Remembers
Contents
- 1 Page 902
- 2 Page 903
- 3 Page 904
- 4 Endnote 364
- 5 Page 904 (cont'd)
- 6 Page 905
- 7 Page 906
- 8 Page 906
- 9 Page 907
- 10 Page 908
- 11 Page 909
- 12 Page 910
- 13 Page 911
- 14 Endnote 366
- 15 Page 911 (cont'd)
- 16 Page 911
- 17 Page 912
- 18 Endnote 367
- 19 Page 913
- 20 Endnote 368
- 21 Page 914
- 22 Endnote 369
- 23 Page 914 (cont'd)
- 24 Page 915
- 25 Page 916
Page 902
cognomen
a nickname
fullback
the running back farthest from the line of scrimmage
a 4.4 40
He could run 40 meters 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
Page 904
Hefenreffer
apparently a real brand
B.M.S.
Beverly Middle School
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
tetrahydrofuran
a type of solvent
PVC
polyvinyl chloride
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
ethane
mnemonic brown-out
a sort of memory lapse short of a blackout
Page 905
truancy
skipping school
A.D.D.
Attention Deficit Disorder
sieg-heil
German for "hail victory," the reference is to the Nazis.
aveil
i.e., avail
Water Lou
i.e., Waterloo
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.
906 · Hal Wakes Up (Maybe?)
Page 906
Page 907
Javol
It's unclear how Hal is pronouncing this word, but he likely means Jawohl.
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
Zorro
See right
porcine
like a swine
vantage
point of view
mano-a-tete
combination of "mano-a-mano" and "tête-à-tête", both essentially meaning one-on-one.
Page 910
50 kilos
over 110 pounds
Ocean Spray
a brand name of cranberry juice
Page 911
hydrophobia
another name for rabies
pandemic
an epidemic that spreads through human populations across a large region (for example a continent), or even worldwide
teleologic
regarding a final cause
aridly
dryly
Endnote 366
Professor H. Bloom
Harold Bloom (born 1930) is a prominent American literary critic.
artistic influenza
not actually one of Bloom's concepts
Page 911 (cont'd)
clinamen
See here.
tessera
and here
kenosis
and again
daemonization
and again
akesis
and again
911 · More Gately History
Page 911
Saugus
a suburb about 10 miles north of Boston
Page 912
vigorish
the bookie's fee for his services
Endnote 367
Pen Registers
an electronic device that records the phone numbers of outgoing calls on a particular line
Page 913
Cafergot
Read about it here.
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., AIDS
Page 915
respiritic
presumably having something to do with breathing
laminating
sealing in plastic
Page 916
The B.U. punter
a.k.a. Orin Incandenza