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The Bokononist term for “shit-storm.”
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Pool-pah Term Timeline in Cat’s Cradle
The timeline below shows where the term Pool-pah appears in Cat’s Cradle. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 110. The Fourteenth Book
Sometimes, John tells the reader, the “pool-pah” (the Bokononist term for “shit-storm”) is beyond the “power of humans to comment.” John realizes...
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