Re: Who was on the Titannic

On Apr 30, 12:34 pm, Turenne <rick.lich...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
wm king wrote:
That IS mistreatment. People who want to be fauned and obsequiated over are nouveaus, ...

What does obsequiated mean? Also: how is it possible to be 'fauned'?

Richard Lichten

As in "fauned over". "Obsequiated [over]" was my own invention,
meaning to treat someone, or behave around him, in an obsequious
manner. As many other people have invented words, I take the liberty
of giving it a whirl myself now and then.

Bill King.
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