Callipygian

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Fri May 19 09:42:54 CDT 2006


On May 19, 2006, at 9:34 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> Yeah, that was a weird answer all around ...


I forget. Was the Pynchon the first to say "Ghengis Cohen?" There was  
some kind of controversy way back some time.


>
> --- David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Far be it from me to take any glory away from our
>> Author, but the word "callipygian" was coined in
>> the late 18th century, according to my
>> dictionary.  Pynchon can't be one of the first to
>> use it.  I think I knew the word before I ever
>> heard of Pynchon.
>
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