[Condor51]

*** The sunglasses seeing through rain sounds apochryphal to me ***

Okay ..

• 5 minutes in the FR Penalty Box for using a big word everyone will have to look up.
• And another 5 minutes in the Penalty box for spelling it wrong.

'apocryphal': of doubtful authorship or authenticity.

Why not just say, 'dubious'?

[just teasing ya :-)]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I guess because the email was from my wife and I shot back "It could be true, but it reeks of apocrypha." Outlook express is very nice about checking spelling. "It could be true but it reeks of dubiousness." does not have the same chacet ;)

In sense 2:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cachet

Main Entry: ca·chet
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from cacher
Date: circa 1639

1 a : a seal used especially as a mark of official approval b : an indication of approval carrying great prestige
2 a : a characteristic feature or quality conferring prestige b : prestige
3 : a medicinal preparation for swallowing consisting of a case usually of rice-flour paste enclosing a medicine
4 a : a design or inscription on an envelope to commemorate a postal or philatelic event b : an advertisement forming part of a postage meter impression c : a motto or slogan included in a postal cancellation