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1930s slang meaning a sarcastic dismissal, i.e., "I call it nonsense," "I don’t buy it"; | 1930s slang meaning a sarcastic dismissal, i.e., "I call it nonsense," "I don’t buy it"; | ||
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Little Cosenza
a locale, possibly a Pynchon invention, Calabrian-flavored micro-enclave name riffing on real Chicago neighborhoods.
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"Liberty, out for a stroll [...] around dawn"
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"Packard Custom Eight limousine [...] no chrome, no wax job, no shine, flat black all over"
"I call it spinach"
1930s slang meaning a sarcastic dismissal, i.e., "I call it nonsense," "I don’t buy it";
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omertà
Italian: a code of silence and loyalty, especially associated with the Mafia and other criminal organizations in southern Italy and their offshoots in America.
