> I'm still none the wiser on the latter [uia*rs]

marty, I apologize for the obfuscation... this was either meant to be an abbrev. for the previously used :unfound in any *real source: or was the unexplained introduction of a new acronym: uninformed ignorant anti-intellectualism *really sucks. 8-)

thank you for the Mrs. Byrne link, which nicely complements having her as a reference on my bookshelf. <g> she may be out of print, but I still see her from time to time at book stores. it's an interesting little dictionary, but the claim that "incredible as it may seem, every entry in this book, even the most ludicrous, has been accepted as a formal or legitimate English word by at least one major dictionary" seems incredible (megalonisus and nikhedonia are in her dictionary).

one other note about the Mrs. Byrne link: calling it a "Word of the Day" is certainly a misnomer, since it seems to be a "word of the load" ... [try reloading it]