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Conversations with David Foster Wallace
by David Foster Wallace, Stephen J. Burn

Conversations with David Foster Wallace
by David Foster Wallace, Stephen J. Burn

Conversations with David Foster Wallace
by David Foster Wallace, Stephen J. Burn

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prolix (en)

using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

33

jumbled and prolix

—p.33 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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jumbled and prolix

—p.33 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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phosphenic (en)

a compound with phosphorus

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appears in IJ too

—p.34 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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appears in IJ too

—p.34 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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valence (en)

(chemistry) the combining power of an element. or like, aspect

40

used in a metaphysical sense here

—p.40 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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used in a metaphysical sense here

—p.40 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

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—p.43 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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—p.43 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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ablation (en)

the surgical removal of body tissue OR the erosion of rock, typically by wind action

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used in a metaphorical sense (on writing a story)

—p.46 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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used in a metaphorical sense (on writing a story)

—p.46 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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ital (en)

idk

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particularly the ital stuff in In Our Time

—p.62 The Salon Interview: David Foster Wallace (58) by David Foster Wallace
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particularly the ital stuff in In Our Time

—p.62 The Salon Interview: David Foster Wallace (58) 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)

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my dander's getting up

—p.70 David Foster Wallace Winces at the Suggestion That His Book Is Sloppy in Any Sense (70) by David Foster Wallace
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my dander's getting up

—p.70 David Foster Wallace Winces at the Suggestion That His Book Is Sloppy in Any Sense (70) by David Foster Wallace
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leitmotif (en)

a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation

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—p.71 David Foster Wallace Winces at the Suggestion That His Book Is Sloppy in Any Sense (70) by David Foster Wallace
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—p.71 David Foster Wallace Winces at the Suggestion That His Book Is Sloppy in Any Sense (70) by David Foster Wallace
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ribald (en)

referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way

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editorializing in an interview with DFW (on Broom)

—p.91 David Foster Wallace: In the Company of Creeps (89) by David Foster Wallace
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editorializing in an interview with DFW (on Broom)

—p.91 David Foster Wallace: In the Company of Creeps (89) by David Foster Wallace
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mire (en)

(noun) a stretch of swampy or boggy ground; (verb) cause to become stuck in mud

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the mire of modern romance

editorializing in an interview with DFW

—p.101 Mischief: A Brief Interview with David Foster Wallace (101) missing author
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the mire of modern romance

editorializing in an interview with DFW

—p.101 Mischief: A Brief Interview with David Foster Wallace (101) missing author
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