I can see the argument for saying "nadir" but thought it worked better the way round I did it.

Your phrase was the zenith of pretentious meaninglessness; if your have it the nadir of pretentious meaninglessness it means quite the opposite - i.e. that it isn't particularly pretentious or meaningless for that matter, on the contrary in fact. Stick to your guns there, Richard, otherwise you'll have the bastards walking all over you. Remember - on Mudcat - you are The Daddy.