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S.C.R.E.A.M.

irredentism

a policy of advocating the restoration to a country of any territory formerly belonging to it

p. 221 How to Hide an Empre, Daniel Immerwahr

ambit

1
: circuit, compass
2
: the bounds or limits of a place or district
3
: a sphere of action, expression, or influence : scope

p. 168 How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr

Definition #3 in this case

eclat

brilliant display or effect

p. 8 The Ministry of Time, Kalpana Bradley

Pulitzer Prize photo right here.

Mario and Luigi?

A real green dress is cruel? WOKE

This bar is chanting "Let Snell cook"

Jokes are always funnier when you explain the absurdity they illustrate

Gotta be Melody

I grew up in Wilmington DE so Fight Club

There are too many for LA. Lebowski is as good as any of them

jute

the glossy fiber of either of two Asian plants (Corchorus olitorius and C. capsularis) of the linden family used chiefly for sacking, burlap, and twine

p. 63 How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr

The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation

Sometimes I have to look up a word like "ecumenical" because I don't see it too often and then it gets dropped in something unexpected

What if we hosted a monthly "President Donald J. Trump Drag Queen Brunch" in there?

I'm glad the phrenology head (skull with skin) gets an honorable mention

But did the guy in the Groucho glasses pee himself?

C (Spanish for yes)

Please don't send me to the sewer prison

bryophyte

any of a division (Bryophyta) of nonflowering plants comprising the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts

p.203 End Times, Peter Turchin

littoral

a region lying along a shore

p. 138 End Times, Peter Turchin

Also for the purpose of weeding out troops who aren't cool with it

Perfect photo choice

I once wrote a pork cracklins commercial narrated by Werner Herzog. Pitched it to his German production company. They declined.

This is the first word I've had to look up that ai provided a more adequate holistic definition than any other readily available source

entrainment

a natural phenomenon where rhythmic processes synchronize or lock into a common period

p. 47 End Times, Peter Turchin

hecatomb

a great public sacrifice

p. 35 End Times, Peter Turchin

jalousie windows

a window composed of parallel glass, acrylic, or wooden louvres set in a frame

p. 54 Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown

Cat licking his chops standing over a book called Hollywood Animal next to a pair of rainbow flip-flops

Does Stripey think the book is delicious, or that it stinks?

farrago

a confused mixture

p. 280 They Thought They Were Free, Milton Mayer

(by way of a Schopenhauer quote)

Like God in France baby