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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
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200 grams
a little over seven ounces
"...using just audio.."
The implication here is that in the time of the book, there are videophones.
Allston
A part of of Boston proper, west of downtown and across the Charles river from Cambridge. The fictional Enfield most likely occupies part of what is in reality Allston.
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TP
"Teleputer", as used elsewhere in the text. Assumed to be a hybridized communications/entertainment device.
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Mountie
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, their equivalent of the FBI
Porter Square, Cambridge
a neighborhood of Cambridge bordering on Somerville, about a mile from Tufts University, which is on the Somerville/Medford border
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Wedekind festival
This would presumably be a festival celebrating the plays of German playwright Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (1864-1914), a proto-expressionist.
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pleurisy
inflammation of the pleurae, the membranes surrounding the lungs
120 grams
about 4.2 ounces
Tito Puente
Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr., an internationally known Puerto Rican jazz musician.
Marlborough Street
Marlborough Street runs through the Back Bay area of Boston.
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methamphetamine hydrochloride
As the endnote on p. 983 tells us, this the chemical name for crystal meth. Calling to mind that Infinite Jest was published in 1996, don't think crystal meth is a new phenomenon.
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magisculed
"Magiscules" are upper-case letters; Wallace is using this noun as a verb.
50 grams
about 1.75 ounces
hydroponic
grown in water without soil
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stein
a drinking mug
E.W.D. land barge
perhaps "Enfield Waste Disposal"
half a meter
nearly 20 inches
carb
Short for "carburetor," just as the carburetor in an internal combustion engine mixes air with gas to allow combustion, the carbuteror on a water pipe allows one to draw air in with marijuana smoke.
teleputer
Presumably a computer which shows television shows or movies, it occurs to me now that "TP" may stand for "teleputer."
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