Pynchon in SOED

[Nick Halliwell]

Yes, here's the entry:

   2. A psychiatrist. Cf. head-shrinker s.v. head n.1 74. slang (orig.
U.S.).
   1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 i. 16 It was Dr Hilarius, her shrink or
psychotherapist.  

1969 C. Young Todd Dossier 78 What you've written may prove helpful. That's
what the man said, the shrink.  1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug.-6 Sept.
1434/1 A number of value judgments were offered+by a couple of the shrinks.
1978 M. Walker Infiltrator iii. 39 He could have gone to a pricey shrink who
would have certified him too delicate for the Army.  1980 Times Lit. Suppl.
3 Oct. 117/2 It does not take a shrink to see that a man so humanly flawed
and artistically inept has got to be a loser.  

Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Mark Kohut
Sent: 12 June 2007 15:53
To: pynchon -l
Subject: RE: Pynchon in SOED

TRP is the citation for the first use of "shrink" as psychotherapist in a
book....CoL49...

Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote: 
Yes, the CD has its advantages. Maybe I'll get that someday too. Could you 
give some examples of Pynchon's sentences serving as illustrations for 
certain words?


>
>The full OED on CD-ROM does allow you to do a search by author of
>quotations. I found 32 entries for "T. Pynchon" (and also one for "J.
>Pynchon"). If anyone is interested I can provide a list...
>
>Nick
>

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