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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or in the style of Thomas Pynchon
- adjective Densely
convoluted ,verbose and full ofallusion
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pynchonesque: inscrutable; of astounding length — potential violation of Charter s. 11 (b) right to be tried within a reasonable time.
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Although FUG YOU has no sewer-dwelling alligators hunted by a posse of misfits with shotguns, it has plenty of details that are equally preposterous and Pynchonesque.
Jan Herman: 'FUG YOU': A Decade of Poetry, Politics, and Rock 'n' Roll Jan Herman 2012
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Pynchonesque: inscrutable; of astounding length — potential violation of Charter s. 11 (b) right to be tried within a reasonable time.
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Although FUG YOU has no sewer-dwelling alligators hunted by a posse of misfits with shotguns, it has plenty of details that are equally preposterous and Pynchonesque.
Jan Herman: 'FUG YOU': A Decade of Poetry, Politics, and Rock 'n' Roll Jan Herman 2012
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The headline reads "US Orders Blackout Over North Korean Torpedoing Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig"; the article is dated April 30th, and it appears to have originated at the What Does it Mean? website, as a post by a woman with the Pynchonesque name of Sorcha Faal.
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The headline reads "US Orders Blackout Over North Korean Torpedoing Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig"; the article is dated April 30th, and it appears to have originated at the What Does it Mean? website, as a post by a woman with the Pynchonesque name of Sorcha Faal.
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A Pynchonesque prank, to be sure, but a prank nonetheless.
Pynchon and The New Yorker: Pranksters Fess Up - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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A Pynchonesque prank, to be sure, but a prank nonetheless.
Pynchon and The New Yorker: Pranksters Fess Up - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Via Joycean delight or Pynchonesque wit, we do gain enjoyment, however parsed out.
PopMatters 2010
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Pynchonesque revelry in signs and codes with the lush psychedelics of William Burroughs to create an intellectually provocative novel that unfurls like a brooding, phosphorescent dream.
NYT > Home Page By JENNIFER EGAN 2010
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