eGad: Pynchon excerpt from new novel (fwd)

[Dave Monroe]

Someone just pointed out to me that someone pointed
this out to him: "pinkin'," "Pynchon" ...

--- the Robot Vegetable <veg at dvandva.org> wrote:

> pinkinroller'd

And recall ...

Main Entry: pinking shears
Function: noun plural
: shears with a saw-toothed inner edge on the blades
for making a zigzag cut

Main Entry: pink
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, to thrust
1 a : to perforate in an ornamental pattern b : to cut
a saw-toothed edge on
2 a : PIERCE, STAB b : to wound by irony, criticism,
or ridicule

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

http://graphics.wholelottawhimsy.com/scaled_100x100/tl060-pinking.jpg

He didn't buy it himself, but ...

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