"Illegitimi non carborundum"--means "Carbon is not illegitimate." Am I right?

[raccoon]

I never studied Latin, but sometimes you can kind of figure it out....

[Ptah]

1. Carborundum is an industrial abrasive material.

Illegitimi non carborundum is a mock-Latin aphorism meaning
"Don't let the bastards grind you down". Carborundum, also
known as silicon carbide, is an industrial abrasive material,
but its name resembles a Latin gerundive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum

[TrogL]

4. I used to live near a Carborundum plant. Stank like hell. Literally.

[Lionel Mandrake]

6. illegitimus, illegitimi

is a legitimate (pun intended) if rare medieval Latin word, meaning bastard.

I found it here:

http://archives.nd.edu/words.html

[dawg]

2. Bastards!

How dare they say carbon is not legitimate!

[talkingmime]

3. My daughter took four years of Latin. She says it means "not a lifeform".

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

5. It means don't let the bastards grind you down

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum

[struggle4progress]

7. It's a joke, not really Latin: supposed meaning is "Don't let the bastards grind you down"