Allan Lamport, a big fat politician in Toronto City Council was once upset because certain allegations had been made against him in the press and elsewhere.

"I deny those allegations," he thundered, "and I defy the allegators!"

Pretty classic, eh?

As for bodacious and hellacious...well, they aren't in Webster's. On the other hand, I have to agree that they are very expressive words, that convey the meaning effectively. If y' wanna use 'em, fine with me. Just don't let me catch you saying "disorientated"! Or NUCULAR!

And, yes! Let's hear if for "whom". Whom do you love? Whom do you desire? Whom do you mean?

trivia: Bob Dylan once inexplicably used "whom" where the word "who" would have been correct (in "I Pity the Poor Immgrant"). Maybe it was some sly humour on his part....maybe not, but it sounds kind of neat. In a piece of poetry once he said, "And I seen...or rather, I have saw." He was definitely poking fun at certain critics with that line...those who accused him of poor English, that is.