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Word: cloacal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...designated as Ratner's Star. Billy is soon accosted by a parade of scientists and deep thinkers. Their names (Shlorno Glottic, Grbk, Orang Mohole, Desilu Espy, Hoy King Toy) seem to peg them as refugees from Thomas Pynchon's Central Casting. Their inevitable behavior - alternately cerebral and cloacal - confirms the identification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pynchon's Comet | 6/7/1976 | See Source »

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