merzopakost'

[Darya Shakhova]

I know that Kharms used the word in his mini-play called "Pushkin and
Gogol".
Gogol in the play keeps saying, "Merzopakost'!"  as he bumps
continuously into Pushkin.

Darya.


>>> ns7 at ST-ANDREWS.AC.UK 05/14/04 09:43AM >>>
Dear Seelangs,

Does anybody know the history of the Russian word "merzopakost'"?

It's in my head that Kharms made it up, used it sucsessfully in his
stories
and thus introduced it into the standard language, but I can't find
any
reference to it.

Thank you,
Natalia Samoilova

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