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Re: A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016)

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Post by AuthorizedCust » Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 4:53 PM UTC

BitwiseFool wrote: post #17

notapenny wrote: post #11

This being a perfectly cromulent candidate to be entered into Merriam-Webster gives me great hope for tnettenba.

It embiggens us all.

Parent comment shouldn’t be downvoted. It’s cromulent, in an insider way.

(I’m not kidding. Same episode! Hint: 3F13.)

Re: A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016)

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Post by LegitShady » Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 4:54 PM UTC

WesolyKubeczek wrote: post #20

jedberg wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good morning, that's a nice tnettenba.

Is the addressee of the greeting naked or not?

You're supposed to just ask me what I'm wearing - you jumped the gun a little.

Re: A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016)

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Post by COGlory » Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 4:57 PM UTC

Is this related to the usage of cromulent in this submission?:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28641170

>First, btrfs is a perfectly cromulent single-disk ext4 replacement.

Or am I just getting that bias thing where because the word cromulent is now on my radar, I'm seeing it everywhere I look?

Re: A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016)

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Post by franky47 » Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 4:57 PM UTC

This whole article gave me a fronache.

Re: A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016)

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Post by riffraff » Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 5:00 PM UTC

AbsoluteDestiny wrote: post #4

See also https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thagomizer which has seen adoption.

"Grok" is quite commonly used verb which comes from a made up concept in Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange land".

Re: A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016)

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Post by WesolyKubeczek » Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 5:02 PM UTC

Is “cromulent” a woody or a tinny word?

Re: A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016)

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Post by kube-system » Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 5:05 PM UTC

Words are just memes that stick around for a while.

Re: A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016)

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Post by mmmBacon » Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 5:05 PM UTC

BitwiseFool wrote: post #17

notapenny wrote: post #11

This being a perfectly cromulent candidate to be entered into Merriam-Webster gives me great hope for tnettenba.

It embiggens us all.

Such a cromulent suggestion and bigly of you.

Re: A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016)

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Post by fouc » Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 5:11 PM UTC

tantalor wrote: post #10

This story has no byline or dateline. Please don't do this.

looks like it was first published in 2016

Re: A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016)

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Post by criddell » Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 5:19 PM UTC

milliams wrote: post #13

notapenny wrote: post #11

This being a perfectly cromulent candidate to be entered into Merriam-Webster gives me great hope for tnettenba.

I'm not sure that's a word. Could you use it in a sentence?

They just did!