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* Contains what is probably the first use of the word “shrink” to refer to a psychiatrist (this is the origin reported by the Oxford English Dictionary, although the term “headshrinker”, from which it originates, is slightly older).

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* Contains what is probably the first use of the word “shrink” to refer to a psychiatrist (this is the origin reported by the Oxford English Dictionary, although the term “headshrinker”, from which it originates, is slightly older).older).
* ReferencedBy: Music/{{Radiohead}}'s fan club W.A.S.T.E. is named after an acronym from the novel ('''W'''e '''A'''wait '''S'''ilent '''T'''rystero's '''E'''mpire).
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* Believe it or not, ''Crying'' does not contain any f-word.
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* CreatorBacklash: While it’s one of his most popular works, Pynchon himself isn't very fond of it, writing in ''Slow Learner'' that ''Crying'' “was marketed as a ‘novel,’ and in which I seem to have forgotten most of what I thought I’d learned up until then”.

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* CreatorBacklash: While it’s one of his most popular works, Pynchon himself isn't isn’t very fond of it, writing in ''Slow Learner'' ''Literature/SlowLearner'' that ''Crying'' “was marketed as a ‘novel,’ and in which I seem to have forgotten most of what I thought I’d learned up until then”.
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* Contains what is probably the first use of the word “shrink” to refer to a psychiatrist (this is the origin reported by the Oxford English Dictionary, although the term "“headshrinker”, from which it originates, is slightly older).

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* Contains what is probably the first use of the word “shrink” to refer to a psychiatrist (this is the origin reported by the Oxford English Dictionary, although the term "“headshrinker”, “headshrinker”, from which it originates, is slightly older).
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* CreatorBacklash: While it's one of his most popular works, Pynchon himself isn't very fond of it, writing in ''Slow Learner'' that ''Crying'' "was marketed as a 'novel,' and in which I seem to have forgotten most of what I thought I'd learned up until then"
* Contains what is probably the first use of the word "shrink" to refer to a psychiatrist (this is the origin reported by the Oxford English Dictionary, although the term "headshrinker", from which it originates, is slightly older).

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* CreatorBacklash: While it's it’s one of his most popular works, Pynchon himself isn't very fond of it, writing in ''Slow Learner'' that ''Crying'' "was “was marketed as a 'novel,' ‘novel,’ and in which I seem to have forgotten most of what I thought I'd I’d learned up until then"
then”.
* Contains what is probably the first use of the word "shrink" “shrink” to refer to a psychiatrist (this is the origin reported by the Oxford English Dictionary, although the term "headshrinker", "“headshrinker”, from which it originates, is slightly older).
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* CreatorBacklash: While it's one of his most popular works, Pynchon himself isn't very fond of it, writing in ''Slow Learner'' that ''Crying'' "was marketed as a 'novel,' and in which I seem to have forgotten most of what I thought I'd learned up until then"

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* CreatorBacklash: While it's one of his most popular works, Pynchon himself isn't very fond of it, writing in ''Slow Learner'' that ''Crying'' "was marketed as a 'novel,' and in which I seem to have forgotten most of what I thought I'd learned up until then"then"
* Contains what is probably the first use of the word "shrink" to refer to a psychiatrist (this is the origin reported by the Oxford English Dictionary, although the term "headshrinker", from which it originates, is slightly older).
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* CreatorBacklash: While it's one of his most popular works, Pynchon himself isn't very fond of it, writing in ''Slow Learner'' that ''Crying'' "was marketed as a 'novel,' and in which I seem to have forgotten most of what I thought I'd learned up until then"

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