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The Joyce Word Dictionary is produced in conjunction with Open Editions and The Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities at Columbia University Created using exclusively free and open-source software. Open-access, open-source, and released under the GPLv3.

Joyce Word Dictionary Text Word Citation Analysis Contributor Ulysses bullockbefriending “Mulligan will dub me a new name: the bullockbefriending bard.” (U 2.431) First I would be hesitant to call such a composition a “neologism,” though technically it might be – the spelling checker instantly bristles. Joyce has a way of forming unhyphened compounds and so creating radiant units that attract attention to themselves. In this case Stephen obviously imitates Buck Mulligan’s penchant for exaggerated alliteration, as in “jejune jesuit,” partly in imitation of an Irish trait. But here the manner is

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