Here's a few terms and names that I found and decided to provide details for in order to better help my group understand part 3 (which they will never read):
tenorman (162) - One who plays the tenor saxophone.
horn man (166) - Some type of musician, impossible to google.
Fleming's Juice (153) - Also impossible to google but from the context I can infer it is some type of medicinal remedy.
jalopy (177) - On old, beat up car, often used in racing during On The Road's time period.
Prince of Dharma (184) - Bold and glorious rendering of the life of Buddha.
Aquinas (187) - Allusion to Thomas Aquinas, an Italian theologian of the Catholic church who apparently tried to philosophically prove God's assistance in the 13th century. Who challenged God's existence back than?
heifer ( 187) - Young cow that hasn't had a baby yet.
passel (192) - A large group of something. Probably not the terminology Jack Kerouac was using but he uses a lot of ungoogleable terminology that sounds half made up anyway so...
virile (197) - Characterized by strength and energy. SAT term yo!
George Shearing (200) - A real man who actually became a world famous jazz pianist. With the skills described in the book, I am not surprised!
chagrin (200) - A keen feeling of mental unease (commonly annoyance or embarrassment). Pretty sure this is an SAT term as well.
Skid Row (201) - A shabby ghetto in Los Angeles. Known for containing a very large amount of homeless people. As he is in Chicago when using the term, he is likely talking about an area in Chicago that has a lot of homeless people as well and is not looking too good.
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