Blotty words

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  • Blotty words → cf. the four similar expressions in this passage:
  • blotto: drunk
  • bloody wars: (Anglo-Irish) an oath
    • Ulysses 328.31: "Bloody wars, says I, I'll be in for the last gospel."
  • blot: to smear → blotty words = FW
  • smutty wordsUlysses was regarded widely as a "dirty book"