"Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com> writes: > My nitpick for the day. A couple of people on this list have tossed > this word around now. From the context, I can figure that it means > "speculative", "conjectural", "theoretical", etc... > > Try as I might, however, I can't find any evidence that this an > actual word. The dictionaries and thesauri at my disposal don't > contain it and the web keeps feeding me surgical websites dealing in > and around certain human orifices. > > What is this word and where does it come from? Enquiring minds want > to know. As I remember it, it was made up right here. I think people were too shy to say "I just pulled this idea out of my ass", and wanted a cooler way to say it. "Pararectal ideation" works nicely IMHO. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>