Thanks Salvation for posting these threads. Never mind my little drollery!
But - just as a little game for the thread - I invite readers to try guessing which of the following are real words from the Dictionary, and which are made-up ones. 50% are authentic.
CRYPTOLECH
EDUCTION
HEORTOLOGY
HOMOSTINISM
KIDDUSHIN
LEUCOBREPT
MIND DUST
OIKETIC
RACCOLTA
TRICOPHAGE
KIDDUSHIN
MIND DUST
OIKETIC
RACCOLTA
TRICOPHAGE
Here are my guesses. I used to play this with my Sunday School classes. High schoolers would gasp in horror when I said, “We’ll start with a test!” and then I’d put up a selection of words and ask them to pick out the “real” ones.
(and the correct answers are)
EDUCTION
HEORTOLOGY
MIND DUST
RACCOLTA
KIDDUSHIN