Pynchon in the OED

[Polyplunger]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Burns, Erik wrote:

> Foax:
>
> A cross-post from the Gaddis list, where a list member with access to a
> searchable OED has run the numbers. I guess this taps in to the "big words"
> thread unspooling elsewhere 'round these parts.
>
> I've snipped the Gaddis word lists to save space. If you want them I can
> forward offlist, just ask. (Or join the Gaddis list @ yahoogroups!)
>
> etb
>
> **********************
>
> "Dear God!  there are, it looks like, 135 references to Gaddis in the
> second edition of the OED, entirely to The Recognitions.  Here's a
> quick list, apologies for the formatting:
>
> [snip word list]
>
> and that's not all! 28 so far in the New Edition of the OED,
> including a couple of cites to Frolic:
>
> [snip another word list]
>
> For comparison: Pynchon turns up about 230 in total (he's also
> M-heavy in the new edition results), DeLillo gets 9, and "Infinite
> Jest" gets 5 citations (all starting with M) in the new edition."
>
>

The OED doesn't support paedophilia.