"needlepoint" v.

[sagehen]

 Fred Shapiro cited:
>
>1971 William F. Buckley in _N.Y. Times_ 16 Feb. 33  The movement will have
>votaries long after Mr. Rothbard's [sic] has finished needlepointing his
>solipsisms for the benefit of those who find distinctions too heavy a
>burden.
>
 It looks as if  Buckley's infatuation with elaborate language  betrayed
him into nonsense here.   Maybe he meant solecisms,  which would be sweet
irony.
A.Murie