The Holy KK

[Cyrus]

Paul Di Filippo wrote:

> My one insight into the whole Kenosha Kid Affair, offered on the list 
> years ago, is that "Kenosha" might be a pun on "kenosis", a 
> theological term meaning "the voluntary abasement of the second person 
> of the Trinity in becoming  man."  The entries for the words are 
> literally adjacent to each other in my Merriam Webster's.  How 
> improbable is it that TRP could've stumbled across this conjunction 
> and made use of it?
>
> As to how the process of kenosis applies to Slothrop, I am less clear....
>

Since you mentioned it, and since we're talking about probable 
coincidences here, the word "kenosis" is also used in Greek as a medical 
term for defecation. Kenosis ... suffering ... down the toilet ... 
wink-wink, nudge-nudge, say-no-more?

Cyrus