Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
Etymologies
- A humorous neologism coined by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Spear, cromulas is the preciding perfect tense for cromulent, meaning in the current past to cromulize …”
“Bob, Johnsonville, the best brat, wurst says: cromulas is the preciding perfect tense for cromulent, meaning in the current past to cromulize …”
“February 22nd, 2010 at 3: 49 pm spearNmagicHelmet says: begoned is a perfectly cromulent word.”
“As a – logism, neo – or paleo -, this is decided un-cromulent.”
“Maybe this just demonstrates how far out of the mainstream Duke Lit is, but most of these seem perfectly cromulent to me.”
“Obstrufication"?? notafiree seems like a perfectly cromulent word to me”
“As a –logism, neo– or paleo-, this is decided un-cromulent.”
“It would certainly be cromulent if “crapweasel” made it into the next OED.”
“Saying Lopez and Morrison changed everything is a perfectly cromulent argument.”
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“And - just a thought - "embiggen" is already part of children's vocabulary from The Simpsons - a "perfectly cromulent word" so could you use it and by analogy "ensmallen"?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cromulent’.
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Talking About Words
The favorite words of Talking Tyrants
dolorous, parsimonious, apotemnophilia, odalisque, tuberoinfundibular, morass, ostentatious, sybaritic, vermilion, onomatopoeia, eschatology, teleology and 49 more...
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September Words-10031
During the month of September, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has...
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October Words-11337
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amplification, till, osmosis, osmoregulation, pinocytosis, junction, transduction, paralysis, afflicted, isotonic, diverse, entrenched and 48 more...
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February 2012
filiopietistic, bifurcate, enclave, wedlock, decadent, unduly, defunct, lapel, tumescent, capitulation, leaden, scintilla and 83 more...
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juv3nal's Words
ligature, hermeneutic, caduceus, prelapsarian, apophenia, pataphor, lipogram, epinephrine, ludic, samizdat, oulipo, oulipopo and 194 more...
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autarkic, cline, aver, limn, gossamer, ochre, fulminate, twee, augur, mollify, maw, ecumenical and 113 more...
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[Open] Perfectly Cromulent Words
Cite the episode, if you like. If you can provide a quotation, even better.
cromulent, embiggen, elephant fresh, craptacular, spankological, retirony
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Worthy Wordie
words learnt from the Internet
unthink, meme, logophile, netiquette, onomatopoeia, singularity, oed, johnson's dictionary, man friday, lewis carroll, ontology, pro bono and 143 more...
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bintalshamsa's list
My Favorite Words
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Words from Cartoons, Comics, and Kid Stuffs
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1380 more...
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neologisms I like
nimrod, snarky, painbow, interrobang, hoser, kooky, craptastic, preggers, asshat, brainiac, shoegaze, skanker-sore and 146 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for cromulent.
AllisonSylvester acceptable or legitimate
"His answer to the test question was cromulent" Nov 1, 2010
Carla Cruz Invented by "the simpsons". It means, from context of the episode, if something is cromulent it is legitimate. Sep 30, 2010
MenialOlive It's a synonym for valid, or real.
ex. Embiggens? That's a perfectly cromulent word. Aug 23, 2009
StephenP Cromulent is a synonym for legitimate or acceptable. Simpsons writer David S. Cohen invented the phrase in 1996 for use in Simpsons episode no. 144, according to Wikipedia. It has since been included in the Webster’s New Millennium Dictionary, and enjoys use among Simpsons fans. Jul 5, 2009
four_degrees invented by "the simpsons". It means, from context of the episode, if something is cromulent it is legitimate, a confirmation of somethings existence.
Quote from the episode:
Mrs. Hoover:"..Embiggens, i never heard that word until i came to springfield."
Ms Krabopple: "Why not? its a prefectly cromulent word" Jun 9, 2009
mcbaine I shall watch the episode again. Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me... Mar 19, 2009
chameleondave I too was absolutely convinced I'd first heard the word in Blackadder. But I've just watched the episode from beginning to end, and the word doesn't appear. The closest thing is "It's a common word down our way".
This is driving me crazy. How could you (and plenty of other people online) all have made the same mistake as me? It's so improbable...
I'm doubting my own sanity here! Mar 17, 2009
mcbaine I was unaware of the Simpsons episode in which this word was used. I am however familiar with the word used in the British comedy series Black Adder. Original air date of the Black Adder episode (Ink and Inkability), according to Wikipedia, in which this word appears is 09/24/1987. The Simpsons episode however was aired on 02/18/1996.
There is some discrepancy as the word "cromulent" does not appear in the original Black Adder script but Rowan Atkinson does in fact say the word cromulent on film. As I own the DVD and have watched that episode several hundred times I am very sure he said it.
Another good fake word that appears in this Black Adder episode is contrafibularity. Nov 15, 2007
seanahan This word was invented by the Simpsons. Dec 2, 2006
thunderfoot This word embiggens us all. Nov 30, 2006