l'enmerd-er

Updated: July 10, 2026

"C'est domage" Monsieur Auguste said gently beside me. "C'est un bon-homme, le pauvre, il ne faut pas l'enmerd-er." "Look behind you!" somebody yelled. Surplice wheeled, exactly like a kitten trying to catch its own tail, and provoked thunders of laughter. Nor could anything at once more pitiful and ridiculous, more ludicrous and horrible, be imagined. "On your coat! Look on your jacket!"

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room