A pustule is the typical pus spot or yellowhead.

There's no denying that Hemingway was, to use a polite term invented by Gellhorn, an “apocryphiar”—not just a liar, but a man who invents stories about himself, casting himself in the best possible light.

Wow, Dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!

But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater.