Abstruse words found in Against the Day, a novel by Thomas Pynchon.
- embonpoint — n: plumpness
- [ U2 - Big Girls Are Best ]
- gamomania — n: extreme desire to be married
- [ Damien Rice- Be My Husband ]
- gynecophobia — n: fear of women
- [ Pulp - The Fear (live) ]
- mouchard — n: police spy
- [ Radiohead - Karma Police ]
- xanthocroid — adj: blonde, blonde hair - a Greek neologism
- [ Micah P. Hinson - Yard of Blonde Girls ]
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