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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