Cromulent simultaneously suggests that discourage sounds good while pointing out that worrying about what a word sounds like is extremely nerdy and worth a good teasing. This teasing isn't meant to be …

Aug 23, 2023 · Google reports 91K instances of is a cromulent [word, whatever] but only 55 instances of is cromulent to [do something]. For comparison, is a stupid [thing to do, whatever] gets 300M hits, …

Sep 1, 2022 · Unbookmark is a perfectly cromulent word We have bookmark which has been in use since 1985 in relation to computers and has the transitive verb forms of bookmark, bookmarked, …

Aug 25, 2012 · I found the phrase “My sincerest contrafibularities, Tim” given to one of the comments to my question about the word, 'Cromulent' in EL&U site. As I was totally unfamiliar with the word, …

Feb 26, 2014 · A string of letters doesn’t have to be in a dictionary to be a word, but, as it happens, there is an entry for legit in the Oxford English Dictionary, where it is given as both an adjective and a noun …

Jan 25, 2013 · One might think that neologisms are mostly slang/informal/low register. But the great majority of new words, especially in the 20thc, are formal or technical words (medical or …

Aug 23, 2015 · 0 A dictionary word As opposed to "a made-up word," or "non-dictionary word," the phrase "a real word," means little existentially beyond literally: "a dictionary word," i.e. a word …

Dec 23, 2014 · The fact that discombobulated is made up and not really derived from combobulated does mean that you can't use combobulated. I think more or less anyone would understand what you …

Somehow, overly never struck me as a cromulent word. Over is already an adverb. You can write “This sentence is over-long.” Is there really an advantage to writing “This sentence is overly long”...

Jan 12, 2012 · If a person shares my name, in Dutch there is the word "naamgenoot", meaning roughly 'member of the same name '. John A: Hi, my name is "John" John B: O, then we're insert solution …