In a message dated 3/4/2009 10:28:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Okay, I am impressed. I thought they were made up words. Well, too much time on his hands or one really boring job. Marnie aka Doe ;-) Or we encourage him too much. ===================================== Couldn't resist trying to find out whether Bob W. made these words up or not: a Google search revealed the truth! Bob, you have way too much time on your hands! anacephalize: to recapitulate adnichilate: reduce to nothing, annihilate eximious: excellent, distinguished, eminent. exolete: disused, obsolete; effete, insipid; faded illecebrous: alluring, enticing, attractive. ingent: immense, very great. obtestate: to bear witness, call upon as witness See: http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/inkhorn.htm John in Brisbane On 21/2/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >Most illecebrous to read such an eximious anacephalization. My happiness is >ingent in obtestating that these inkhorn terms have become neither >adnichilated nor exolete. --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession. (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000002) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
