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Both Flesh and Not: Essays
by David Foster Wallace

Both Flesh and Not: Essays
by David Foster Wallace

Both Flesh and Not: Essays
by David Foster Wallace

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ambit (en)

(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something

113

But recall to this abstraction's ambit prenominate stuff

—p.113 The Empty Plenum: David Markson's Wittgenstein's Mistress (73) by David Foster Wallace
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But recall to this abstraction's ambit prenominate stuff

—p.113 The Empty Plenum: David Markson's Wittgenstein's Mistress (73) by David Foster Wallace
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agnate (en)

descended from the same male ancestor as a specified or implied subject, especially through the male line

133

two ethnically agnate and archetypally distinct foes

—p.133 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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two ethnically agnate and archetypally distinct foes

—p.133 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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remora (en)

(noun) marine bony fishes that have the anterior dorsal fin modified into a suctorial disk on the head by means of which they adhere especially to other fishes / (noun) hindrance, drag

135

attach its name like a remora to the tournament's flank

referring to "A U.S.T.A Event" after all instances of "the U.S. Open"

—p.135 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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attach its name like a remora to the tournament's flank

referring to "A U.S.T.A Event" after all instances of "the U.S. Open"

—p.135 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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stygian (en)

(adjective) extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding; refers to the River Styx of the underworld Hades in Greek mythology;

142

They come by infernal and Stygian IRT subway

—p.142 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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They come by infernal and Stygian IRT subway

—p.142 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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dander (en)

(noun, informal) to lose one's temper; also an informal term for a material shed from the body of various animals (similar to dandruff)

146

Sampras, on the other hand, seem so float like dander all over the court.

—p.146 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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Sampras, on the other hand, seem so float like dander all over the court.

—p.146 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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acclivated (en)

upward sloping

152

unventilated cement corridor with a sticky and acclivated floor

—p.152 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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unventilated cement corridor with a sticky and acclivated floor

—p.152 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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crepuscular (en)

(adj) of, resembling, or relating to twilight

157

the most vigorous crepuscular commerce is taking place out here

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—p.157 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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the most vigorous crepuscular commerce is taking place out here

starting to love this word

—p.157 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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apostate (en)

a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle; the general form is "apostasy"

169

a set of "moral" codes that put sensuality on a taboo-lvel with defecation and apostasy

—p.169 Back in New Fire (167) by David Foster Wallace
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a set of "moral" codes that put sensuality on a taboo-lvel with defecation and apostasy

—p.169 Back in New Fire (167) by David Foster Wallace
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ingress (en)

(noun) the act of entering; entrance / (noun) the power or liberty of entrance or access

186

There is, for example, no quicker or easier ingress to the audience's heart than to present an innocent child in danger

—p.186 The (As It Were) Seminal Importance of Terminator 2 (177) by David Foster Wallace
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There is, for example, no quicker or easier ingress to the audience's heart than to present an innocent child in danger

—p.186 The (As It Were) Seminal Importance of Terminator 2 (177) by David Foster Wallace
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parturition (en)

(noun) the action or process of giving birth to offspring

194

something grotesque has happened to it in the parturition from head to page

on the hideous infant as a metaphor for writing a book

—p.194 The Nature of the Fun (193) by David Foster Wallace
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something grotesque has happened to it in the parturition from head to page

on the hideous infant as a metaphor for writing a book

—p.194 The Nature of the Fun (193) by David Foster Wallace
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