IV, question: re-up

[Paul Mackin]

On 8/17/2011 2:05 PM, Albert Rolls wrote:
> Re-up
>
> intransitive verb ,
>
> Military Slang to reenlist
>
> I think the drug context is from a later period. At least we never used that expression 25 or so years ago.

Yes, in WWII you were in "for the duration and six months" as the 
expression went.

No re-uping required.

Don't know about Nam where like WW II and Korea there was the Draft.

P
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: János Széky<miksaapja at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Aug 17, 2011 1:05 PM
>> To: pynchon -l<pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Subject: IV, question: re-up
>>
>> In IV, page 103 Spike recounts his prehistory with Sortilege after
>> high school, "next thing anybody knew I was going, well, maybe I won't
>> re-up after all". I know what re-up means in a drug context but how
>> does it fit in here? Does "I was going" mean going to Viet Nam or
>> something else?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> János
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