On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 10:03, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > PS. I was going to call this a cock-a-manie (sp?) solution but I can't > find the word in any of our dictionaries. Anyone know a correct > spelling and dictionary entry? Not at all sure, but I think it's "cockamamie" - it's a term my grandparents used to use, so I suspect it came out of the 1920's. It ought to be in the Dictionary of American Slang. -- Glenn English ghe@slsware.com