Word: maggotism
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BLUE: A-say! A say, powerdong and efficacious Leader! Oh, as the common lilac brents in hanged aslaver, enfundus of the wapping sun, so do I gronch and toad beneath the glasp of your so blastred wanked eye, a loosome maggot nannyberry, poosant Dux, my muskled Congressman! I base, I base, and cronk the knee in volitude...
...heart of nearly every conversation John Gwaltney has recorded in his new book, whose title means "ordinary" in one American Black argot. One man, a coal miner, says this of whites: "Just thinking about them makes me feel like I have swallowed shit. I mean, a rat or a maggot is better than the best white cat who ever drew breath. Just looking at those things makes me want to spit up. Everything they do is rotten." Or this from a cook: "These people hide their dirt or make everybody lie and say their dirt is not dirt or they...
...private life as Lord Home of the Hirsel, the gray stone 70-room Home "hoose" on the English-Scottish border, surrounded by 3,000 acres of grouse moors and prime fishing spots along a stream called Leet Water. Angular Angler Home, who has tried "every known lure from the maggot to the dryest of flies," also dotes on lore. His technique for harvesting worms, a favorite bait: "Take a tablespoon of mustard, mix in warm water and sprinkle it on an area of lawn about a yard square. In two or three minutes, the worms will wriggle to the surface...
That just about sums up Waugh: The essential stage-Tory, at heart afraid of his own shadow, a maggot in the rotten core of English literature in the first half of this century...
Collage Contemporary Music Ensemble--A chamber group comprised principally of Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians presents the Boston premiere of four works: Mazwell-Davies' "Miss Donnithorne's Maggot," conducted by Philip Kelsey; Vincent Luti's "Represa Anticae Moderna," and Betsy Jolas' "Episode" and "Fusain." Also programmed is Carter's Sonata for Cello and Piano. Tickets at $4.00, $2.00 with student I.D. Info 661-3958. Agassiz Theatre, Radcliffe Yard...