IVIV (1) The Straightworld Persuasion

[Dave Monroe]

"'Gentlemen of the straightworld persuasion,' he beamed." (IV, Ch.1, p. 2)


Waimea

http://www.kamuela.com/waimea.asp
http://vineland.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Hawaiian_Islands_and_Ukuleles
http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Hawaiian_Islands,_Ukuleles_%26_Pynchon


"the straightworld persuasion"

Cf. "flatland" (p. 1)?


"that old well-known hardon"

Cf. "The Penis He Thought was His Own" (GR, Pt. II, p. 216), u.s.w. ...

http://www.thomaspynchon.com/gravitys-rainbow/extra/slothrop-t.html


boilerplate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilerplate_(text)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/boilerplate