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OED2 Quotations: Kurt Vonnegut

A list of 19 words by yarb.

  • industrialwas added by yarb and appears on 24 lists
  • radiowas added by yarb and appears on 47 lists
  • school-marmwas added by yarb and appears on just this list
  • spacewas added by yarb and appears on 85 lists
  • doozywas added by yarb and appears on 35 lists
  • gideonwas added by yarb and appears on 4 lists
  • hellwas added by yarb and appears on 60 lists
  • monkeywas added by yarb and appears on 80 lists
  • stringwas added by yarb and appears on 54 lists
  • firewas added by yarb and appears on 121 lists
  • nosewas added by yarb and appears on 56 lists
  • peckerwas added by yarb and appears on 18 lists
  • potchwas added by yarb and appears on 13 lists
  • snootfulwas added by yarb and appears on 4 lists
  • trifocalwas added by yarb and appears on just this list
  • whangwas added by yarb and appears on 11 lists
  • zapwas added by yarb and appears on 43 lists
  • peniswas added by yarb and appears on 43 lists
  • tubewas added by yarb and appears on 32 lists

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A list of the OED citations from an author is often a highly accurate distillation of that author's work. All Vonnegut's favourite themes are here: technology (industrial, space, radio, tube), zaniness (monkey, doozy, zap) and the male organ (penis, pecker, whang).

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