Don't be silly, McGrath. Penny is obviously cultivated and literate. There are a occasional authors who delight in using words which have been used only a few times in the course of history, and Penny has every right to be irritated at their posing.

Reginald Hill, for instance. One day he said a woman's breasts were (something like) pepomnemonic. I tracked it down, and it means 'reminding one of a goard.'

How have we functioned all these years without that word?