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Mario's coinages: the "cube that swallowed a ball," the "Mr. Howell hat"

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texture · YDAU

  • When: YDAU (narrated present).
  • What: The narration attributes to Mario two coinages: the description of the Comm.-Ad. building as "a cube that has swallowed a ball too big for its stomach," and the name for Pemulis's bright-white yachting cap, "his Mr. Howell hat."