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scrumtrelescent

Definitions

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  • adjective slang, US, rare Transcendent and fantastic beyond description.

Etymologies

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A word coined by Saturday Night Live comedian Will Ferrell when doing an impression of The Actors Studio host James Lipton, in order to describe the performance of actor Charles Nelson Reilly on the Match Game.

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Examples

  • Update, 11/19: Blogging for Reverse Shot, scrumtrelescent argues that Germany Year Zero "is the most sublimely empathic vision ever committed to the screen."

    GreenCine Daily: Rossellini @ MoMA. 2006

  • Up, and found it to be scrumtrelescent. is one of the most beautifully animated spectacles ever made.

    Blogography 2009

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