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




-----Original Message-----
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Cotty
Sent: Saturday, 21 February 2009 8:39 PM
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: Peso: Warning - cat photo

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.

Never mind dago talk, sounds more like flaming fiddly fjord talk!

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Cheers,
  Cotty



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