Hi Victor and Fred, Thanks for your help in deciphering the word "obnubliating". Likely Augusto's descriptors said more about Fred, than Fred knew about himself.:=)) Till your clarification arrived, I was doing my own 'research' on "obnubliating". My spell-check displayed "obnubliating" as an error in spelling. Midway through Augusto's post was a descriptor to "twisting urinating". This is rather theatrical, but not so graphic if one has this problem. So I was wondering: Is obnubliating a combination of obnub and (uri) nating?
Is obnub ... A Konkani word for the Goan urinal? Does it denote a watering hole in Goa?Or is it a name of a tree or shrub? Answer: Refers to a plant Acarospora obnubila H. Magn. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACOB4 So was a reference to "obnubliating", a visit to the plant "Acarospora obnubila"? We live and learn every day.:=)) Regards, GL ------------------ Victor Rangel-Ribeiro My take on the word, obnubliating means clouding over, obfuscating. Regards,Victor -------------- Frederick [FN] Noronha http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=obnubliating 2008/9/28 Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Now that I have praised Augusto Pinto about this linguistic prowess, can I > ask something that > this supurlo Goenkar could not find his Webster's dictionary? > What is "obnubliating" ? (see last word below) > Regards, GL
