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immanence
David Foster Wallace's Balancing Books: Fictions of Value

one of many moments suggesting transcendence through immanence

—p.208 E Pluribus Unum (198) by Jeffrey Severs
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misprision

featuring several actual war veterans and always allowing for misprision in the meaning of being recruited into "the Service"

—p.207 E Pluribus Unum (198) by Jeffrey Severs
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limn

Perhaps Wallace's ECT experiences are limned in the story's EEG leads and wires

—p.187 His Capital Flush (167) by Jeffrey Severs
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paphian

While "paphian" primarily pertains to illicit love in general, a secondary meaning is prostitute.

originally found in a quote from Oblivion (sleep clinic story)

—p.186 His Capital Flush (167) by Jeffrey Severs
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mise-en-abyme

As with other mise-en-abyme endings (like that of "Octet")

on Good Old Neon

—p.174 His Capital Flush (167) by Jeffrey Severs
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