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Vin-dit
This is the Bokononist term for someone who steers an individual away from a particular line of enquiry by setting an example of the kind of life that should not be led.
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Wrang-wrang Term Timeline in Cat’s Cradle
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Chapter 36. Miaow
...of the apartment vandalized. John speculates that Sherman was part of his karass, serving as “wrang-wrang”—“a person who steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing that line.”
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