> It is. I wasn't sure so I looked it up It's not a very nice word, even if it is one, though is it Richard? I expect it's one of those words which someone got wrong once, shortened by mistake, and somehow has been perpetuated, if not widely. You wouldn't back-form the noun, a "conject", would you? On the Other List I'd be all in favour, of course. :-) MBD