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Perfectly cromulent (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Having seen it crop up few times within various posts, I looked up the word ‘cromulent’. Merriam-Webster gave a cromulent answer, except for this bit that doesn’t travel so well to this side of the Atlantic.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Was the word not used in Blackadder the Third, "Ink and Incapability", September 1987 when Samuel Johnson has just finished his dictionary, and Blackadder trolls him by making up a load of words?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think I learned about nonce words on Brass Eye

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

cromulent (adj): 1. acceptable, fine 2. having a sloping brow like a Cro-Magnon