Editing Pynchon?

[Mark Kohut]

con·flict·ed (kn-flktd)
adj. Usage Problem 
Made uneasy by conflicting impulses.
Usage Note: The adjective conflicted is most often associated with the jargon of pop psychology. Almost the entire Usage Panel (92 percent) rejects its use in the sentence Caught between loyalty to old employees and a recognition of the need to cut costs, many managers are conflicted about the reorganization plan.

--- On Wed, 8/5/09, Nushra MohamedKhan <nushramkhan at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Nushra MohamedKhan <nushramkhan at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Editing Pynchon?
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 9:41 AM
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Mark
> Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 1) not that conflicted a relationship with the
> American consumer culture---he's almost entirely 'agin
> it......the love of things savaged since V., at least.
> 
> One at  a time.
> 
> Almost entirely against it = conflicted.
>