Old Dog Dumps (ODD): Dispatches from a Journeyman Writer · Apr 11, 2026
Sightings of “Milksop” in the Wild
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In an earlier ODD post, “Stephen King Loves ‘Milksop,’” I shared that King used “milksop” in The Shining (spotted there by my publisher, Alanna Rusnak). Here’s the passage, where Jack Torrance lashes out at his wife Wendy with these words.:
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