"Followup

Indeed, given the discussion later in the book of various molds and even molds that grow only on other molds, it would appear that..." more...

"Definition

Within the novel Infinite Jest, a gasper is the argot for cigarette." more...

"I simply adore your username. So portmanteau, semi-onomatopoeiac, and illusory all in one succinct word: I envision a half-pound Idaho baker..." more...

"Hey Taylor,

Thanks for the great comments on my IJ word list! I have a Bunyanesque list of words that I've notated but haven't yet added to this..." more...

"By Himself, of course, I mean not James Incandenza, but DFW. :)

I just got your comment on my IJ list. I've got tons more words to add; I've just..." more...

"Likely misspelling of sphenoid." more...

"Main Entry: vitreous body
Function: noun
: the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the eyeball posterior to the lens, is enclosed by a..." more...

"Probable misspelling of (coined) cachetic, adjectival form of cachexia. Within the text of Infinite Jest, it appears immediately adjacent..." more...

"Unlisted in both Webster's Third New International Unabridged and Webster's Medical.

Breaking down root words: steato-, meaning fat, and..." more...

"Main Entry: ste·ato·py·gia
Pronunciation: (IPA) /ˌsti.ət.ə.ʹpɪʤ.i.ə/ also..." more...

"Main Entry: fan·tod
Variant(s): also fan·tad
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: perhaps alteration of..." more...

"In essence, it means to ooze pus.

Example: "The ulcer in his leg was wet with suppuration." more...

"Verb, third principle part (present participle) of aminate: to convert into an amine." more...

"Although spelled as magiscule in the text of Infinite Jest, it is apparent, from context and phonology, that the word intended is in..." more...

"Main Entry: gon·fa·lon
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: Italian gonfalone, from Old Italian, from Old French..." more...

"Main Entry: arach·no·dac·ty·ly
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -es
Etymology: arachn- + -dactyly (from New Latin..." more...

"One can only guess that suprasubliminal (adjective) describes a stimulus that is perceived somewhere between the subliminal and the..." more...

"Main Entry: 2wopse
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -ed/-ing/-s
Etymology: origin unknown
dialect : to heap,..." more...

"Definite portmanteau of phallus and neurotic, as phalloneurotic is not listed in the Webster's Third." more...

"Main Entry: 1stret·to
Function: adverb
Etymology: Italian, literally, narrowly, closely, from stretto narrow, close,..." more...

"So, John, can I put the antic in pedantic? :-D" more...

"I totally know where you're coming from, Valse. You're being neither persnickety nor pedantic. Unfortunately, English — especially when..." more...

"No, it wasn't my intention to list intention." more...

"Some of the words people post on here give me the howling fantods." more...

"See also entrepot." more...

"See also entrepôt." more...

"Somewhat of a rarity, this is a one-word litotes. Because English allows the piling on of multiple affixes, both non- and in- can be..." more...

"Within the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, the word map refers to a person's face, e.g., "erasing someone's map" means to..." more...

"This list, and the comments that I make on the words listed here, are licensed under a Creative Commons license. Feel free to reuse this list however..." more...

"Neologism first appearing in Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, probably as a direct transliteration of the Russian <span..." more...

"This is such a cute word — it's almost an onomatopoeia, but not quite. I can see people cringing at things that are cringeworthy!" more...

"See also literati, plural form, used more commonly than the singular" more...

"See also literatus, singular form" more...

"This is listed as my least-favorite word. It’s not, really, but there’s a story. See, when Starbucks was running their Akeelah and the..." more...

"I actually hadn't even heard of GCIDE until I went looking for it, but evidently it's the entire 1913 (or whatever) public-domain Websters in..." more...

"I know that it's a massive request, given the morphology of English, but as a future enhancement, it would be great if you could have wordie..." more...

"Ah, what was the question?
Oh yeah, 'Memento Mori'
It means remember it's inevitable that we will all die
It sounds quite depressing when said so..." more...

"thecosas describes it in a very non-sesquipedalian way!" more...

"This was one that was recently featured on the KPBS show A Way With..." more...

"Hey there! Looks like we've got a common goal: Capturing the words of IJ. My list is at http://wordie.org/people/billifer?wl=993 if you'd like to..." more...

"It reminds me of seafood. Crepuscular... crustacean.... Same thing. :)" more...

"Muration is a close relative of mutation, the best I can determine. However, this word was added specifically as an element of a list I am..." more...

"A contrived political ideology, one infers experialism to be the opposite of imperialism." more...

"Possibly a double entendre. A neologism that could describe something as similar to Voltaire's antihero Candide; or, possibly, describing an..." more...

"Adjectival form of the noun pedalfer, used within Infinite Jest antonymically in relation to denuded and fallow." more...

"This word is a very commonly occurring word within Infinite Jest. Learn it well should you choose to read the work." more...

"A sign, signal, etc. Related to the word semiotics. A semion is the basic unit of semiotics, indivisible and the smallest piece of..." more...

"Synonymslight, gleam, brilliance, radiance, effulgenceRelated wordslumen, luminance, luminesce,..." more...

"Referring, in this context, to the ancipital edges of the tooth." more...

"Usually capitalized. Preferred spelling Plasticine." more...

"One can infer droogy(-ies) to be DFW's adapted form of, and a nod to, Anthony Burgess' Droogs from A Clockwork Orange. Within the..." more...

"An onomatopoeia used by DFW in Infinite Jest within the context of tennis matches. This definition from <a..." more...

"See also aperçu" more...

"See also aper%e7u" more...

"Within the context of Infinite Jest, the hyphenated motion-noise can be thought to mean myoclonus, muscle spasm, or other involuntary..." more...

"

panagoraphobia

neologism derived from adding the prefix pan- to the word agoraphobia. The meaning, thus, can be determined as..." more...

"This neologism could be murated from cortication, which means "having a cortex." Such a definition would fit the context of the text in which..." more...

"Muration is a scientific term, the definition of which is difficult to pinpoint via Google. The best I can get, without paying for access to..." more...

"All the words gathered in this list are words that I have encountered, or in some cases, reencountered, while reading David Foster Wallace's [magnum..." more...