Obviously, cruciverbalist was "made up" by someone who wanted something a little more pompous than crossword designer. But made up or not, if it become common currency, it gets into the dictionary.

Witness "Delia" spit, cough, splutter, glare, hoick and .... Which just goes to show that someone, somewhere should set standards for words which are to be allowed into the dictionary!

Anyway, fallible or not, welcome fiend. We'll be looking forward to some devilishly clever posts in the future.


The idiot also known as Capfka ...