V-2nd. Grasping for oeuvre continuity
Joe Allonby
joeallonby at gmail.com
Tue Jun 22 08:58:19 CDT 2010
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 3:41 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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> Searching for "Squaducci" leads to either quotes from V. or, farther down the list, the phrase squadGucci, which I doubt Pynchon had in mind. Squaducci sounds a little like "skidoo." The phrase was originally "23 skidoo, and it means "to scram." So it could be an Italianized version of skidoo (a good name for a ship and a better name for anyplace Pig Bodine's throwing a party).
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Absquadilate!
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