   What the heck does 'dolerout' mean?
  I came across this word in The Achievement of Desire by Richard Rodriguez. The word appeared in a quote of another author''s book. I searched several dictionaries and found no results. I used Google and Altavista and each returned two relevant results: an archived copy of the aforementioned story, each stored in a different reader format.So, my interest is now piqued. What does this word mean?   "At least I shall die as I have lived. Completely surrounded by morons." - 8-Bit Theatre
  That word is made up and only meant to confuse you. Nuff said.- CD   Brought to you by Code_Dark;  Well, I can make a guess:  it means Dole er out.  As in dole out the money for my book. -=Lohrno ;  Nope, can''t find anything anywhere about that word. Closest match is "dolerite", a dark, coarse mineral. So, email the author and ask him what the hell he''s doing making up words and such. ;quote:Original post by Lohrno   Well, I can make a guess:  it means Dole er out.  As in dole out the money for my book. I didn't want to provide the context for the word because the passage is rather large, but I think we're going to need it:quote:From   The Uses of Literacy by Richard Hoggart  He [the scholarship boy, a term for which you people will hopefully not need a definition] discovers a technique of apparent learning, of the acquiring of facts rather than the handling and use of facts. He learns how to receive a purely literate education, one using a small part of his personality and challenging only a limited area of his being. [...]He becomes an expert imbiber and dolerout[...] [edited by - archwizard on February 16, 2004 2:45:53 PM];  It's pretty clear that "doler-out" is meant, given that it's paired with "imbiber". It means "one who doles out". It's either a typographical error or an intentional dropping of the hyphen for effect.    EDIT: ah HA!"Sneftel is correct, if rather vulgar." --Flarelocke   [edited by - sneftel on February 16, 2004 2:56:05 PM];quote:Original post by Sneftel  It''s pretty clear that "doler-out" is meant, given that it''s paired with "imbiber". It means "one who doles out". It''s either a typographical error or an intentional dropping of the hyphen for effect.    EDIT: ah HA!Indeed.So, it would seem that I''ve spent several hours looking for the definition of a typographical error. Maybe I can make myself feel better by complaining about the people who edited the excerpt for this textbook.Anyways, I''m very grateful to everyone, even the people who weren''t very helpful but made teh funnies.   "At least I shall die as I have lived. Completely surrounded by morons." - Black Mage, 8-Bit Theatre