Atd translation: balloonheaded clarity

[Mark Kohut]

i think the balloon--headed is a nice Chums internal allusion, so to speak.

On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:55 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Definition of *balloon*-*headed* in US English - Having a large or round
> head; (figurative) conceited; stupid.
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> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Definition of *balloon*-*headed* in US English - Having a large or round
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>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:37 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
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>>> P176.10-18   The altitude, the scale of the country out here, put a
>>> balloonheaded clarity onto vision when directed at mine owners and
>>> workers
>>> alike, revealing the Plutonic powers as they daily sent their legions of
>>> gnomes underground to hollow out as much of that broken domain as they
>>> could before the over-burden collapsed, often as not on top of their
>>> heads,
>>> though what did it matter to the Powers, who always had more dwarves
>>> waiting, even eagerly, to be sent below. Scabs and Union men, Union and
>>> scabs, round and round, changing sides, changing back again, sure didn’t
>>> help with what he felt no embarrassment in thinking of as a contest for
>>> his
>>> soul.
>>>
>>> Why is this clarity "balloonheaded"? Is this good or bad?
>>> --
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