“in·fib·u·late infibulate
(ĭn-fĭb′yə-lāt′) tr.v.
in·fib·u·lat·ed, in·fib·u·lat·ing, in·fib·u·lates” he read as he sipped at his mornings first
cup of black coffee “to close off or obstruct the genitals of, especially by sewing together
the labia majora in females or fastening the prepuce in males, so as to prevent sexual
intercourse.” and swallowing the coffee he burnt his tongue “(Medicine) (tr) to enclose (esp the genitals, to prevent
sexual intercourse) with a clasp [C17: from Latin infībulāre, from in-2 + fibula clasp, fibula]” Ohboy
he opted to let his coffee cool realising(it
dawned on him) that reading this might have easily replaced his sip and saved him the
discomfort of burning his tongue
howd he get there
Yes
he opened the London Review of Books
Jenny Turners A New Kind of Being The Invention of Angela Carter
Who
she wrote The Sadeian Women of course Sade he read Sade years ago all
the novels remarked upon in the article
wanting to read a review of it he brought
up a site called Tendance Coatesy and therein found the word infibulate in reference
to the grim ending of Sades book Philosophy in the Bedroom
doubling back because Tendance Coatesy
was enormously curious he found that tendance meant the attention or care
ministration of the sick and coatesy meant(from urban dictionary) to be stupid to the
point of mental retardation or a person who was genuinely retarded and either makes no
sense at all or serves no positive purpose to society
(Aahh Drumpf --
coatesy coatesy --
Drumpf)
he hadnt know either
it had been an explicit morning sensationally educational
his coffee was cold
it wasnt often he woke up and immediately
fell into the morass the abyss of his ignorance of words which until then he had
not found despite his zest and relish for reading the dictionary
Quenelle
a French anti-Semitic gesture one snaps their arm up and across their chest
so their fingers touch their opposite shoulder
it is less obvious than the German Sieg
Heil
but no less profane
although profanity as beauty is in the
eyes of the beholder
0747, Friday,
28 10. 16
John
Coltrane A Love Supreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clC6cgoh1sU
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