What does the word "fantods" mean? - Episode 137

A deep dive into a single word. Enjoy.

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IJ Vocab

Sources

Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest (S.962). Little, Brown and Company. Kindle-Version.

Definitive Jest

The Howling Fantods

Fantods usage over time: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?smoothing=7&corpus=26&content=fantods&case_insensitive=on&year_end=2019&year_start=1800&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cfantods%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bfantods%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BFantods%3B%2Cc0#t4%3B%2Cfantods%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bfantods%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BFantods%3B%2Cc0 

Grammarist: https://grammarist.com/words/fantods/ 

15 Fun Facts About Infinite Jest: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59486/15-facts-about-infinite-jest 

Howling Fantods: https://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/infinite-jest/infinite-jest-by-the-numbers.html 

Infinite Jest and Natural Word Processing: https://medium.com/@nikitabutakov/analyzing-infinite-jest-with-natural-language-processing-7eff56217266

Atlantic Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/09/words-david-foster-wallaces-mom-invented/261917/

OED: https://www.oed.com/

Dictionary.com: https://www.dictionary.com/

Merriam Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

Episodes Mentioned

The Completed IJ Series, in order: https://www.relevanceofliterature.com/infinite-jest

After Episode 1: Who Narrates IJ?