Nerve gas, Weapon of chemical warfare that affects the transmission of nerve impulses through the nervous system.
According to Ryan Compton's Infinite Jest by the Numbers, Wallace used a vocabulary of 20,584 unique words to write the 577,608-word Infinite Jest. 10. 11. n+1 has a neat story about where the name for Michael Pemulis, Hal's drug-dealing friend at Enfield Tennis Academy, came from.
Full Definition of JEST. 1. : an utterance (as a jeer or quip) intended to be taken as mockery or humor. 2. a: prank b: a ludicrous circumstance or incident. 3. b: gaiety and merriment. 4. : laughingstock.ull Definition of JEST. 1. : an utterance (as a jeer or quip) intended to be taken as mockery or humor. 2. a: prank b: a ludicrous circumstance or incident. 3. b: gaiety and merriment. 4. : laughingstock.