Word: vonnegutia
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...catastrophes, Timequake rescues itself from complete self-absorption with its anarchical and irrepressible humor-a Vonnegut trademark that has withstood both the ravages of time and countless packs of Pall Malls. By refusing to take much of anything too seriously, the book manages to avoid drowning in its own Vonnegutia or becoming The World According To Kurt (or, even worse, some sort of humanist Dianetics). Popping up all over the book, absurd little litanies such as "something the cat drug in" (what people, especially scientists, like to make each other feel like) or "a dog's breakfast" (Kilgore Trout...
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