pynchon-l-digest V2 #1844

[MalignD at aol.com]

<<It's quite amusing, actually, although a bit pathetic to see how they 
appear to be visualizing this conversation as some sort of physical 
encounter, in which they imagine they are physically beating me 
("drubbing" was the word Malign used, I think ...>>

The word "drub" has as one of its meanings "to abuse with words:  berate," 
(you might have looked it up at Merriams.com).

This queer fantasy of physical confrontation, then, is your own.