GR translation: the usual loud-mouthed American ass-banditry

[Mike Jing]

Yeah, as I soon found out. Thanks for the reply.


On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 6:37 AM Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> Ass bandit is mid 1900s US slang for a 'man who seduces young women'.
>
> On 22/04/2022 06:21, Mike Jing wrote:
> > V22.32-36, P23.12-16  The map does puzzle Tantivy. It cannot be put down
> to
> > the usual loud-mouthed American ass-banditry, except as a fraternity-boy
> > reflex in a vacuum, a reflex Slothrop can’t help, barking on into an
> empty
> > lab, into a wormholing of echoing hallways, long after the need has
> > vanished and the brothers gone to WW II and their chances for death.
> >
> > What does "ass-banditry" mean here?
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