>>as to disparate, the wordsmiths were desperate for something to use as often as they use analogous, I guess.

I agree tsuwm. I wonder why that happens. Here in Québec there has been a sudden surge in the use of complicité (complicity).

Suddenly it's in the papers, speeches, people use it in casual conversations. Not that it's a bad word but why is it popping up so often it becomes annoying.