The American novelist William S. Burroughs is best known for his novel, Naked Lunch. In this blog I will try to post alphabetically short definitions of difficult words in Naked Lunch.
Others with greater knowledge than I--or with lesser knowledge--can add to the definitions of terms.
The following is from the Miles and Graeerholtz "restored text" of Naked Lunch. If I am wrong in my definition, please correct me. This is an ongoing project and will add many more definitions soon I have stored on another computer.
ReplyDeletecourvade--sympathetic or phantom prenancy
djinn--a spirit that takes human form
espontaneo--spectator who wants to join a bullfight
gash--female
in the box--jail
poule de luxe--high class prostitute, person of leisure
saignant--cooked rare
souk--commercial center of an Arab City
Do ya have any more?
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