C'mon Mark, you made that up. I've never seen that word in my life.
2.exaggeratedly and distastefully complimentary; obsequious...is what I think he meant.
Nope, it’s a real word.
I had to go to the dictionary for “oleaginous”. As you said, that is a word I have never heard in conversation (or to my recollection, seen in print either).
Steyn must be college “edumicated” (channeling my inner Bush).
First time I ever saw that word in print, it was Ann Coulter talking about Bill Clinton. I thought the word was absolutely perfect and on the mark. Just another example of how great english is. There’s a word to describe just about anything.