Is Cromulent a real word?

Cohen came up with cromulent as one of those words. It means "acceptable" or "fine."
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Is Cromulent in the Oxford dictionary?

They might be pleased to know that “cromulent” does appear in the online version of the Oxford dictionary, defined as “acceptable or adequate”.
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Is there such a word as Cromulent?

Definition of cromulent

adjective Often Facetious. acceptable or legitimate: People disagree on using the singular “they,” but it's perfectly cromulent as far as I'm concerned.
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Is Embiggen a cromulent word?

'Embiggen', A Perfectly Cromulent Word, Is Now In The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Embiggen, a perfectly cromulent word that was coined in “Lisa the Iconoclast,” a 1996 episode of The Simpsons, is now actually a real word, on account of it's in the Merriam-Webster dictionary (see below).
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Is Cromulent a Scrabble word?

No, cromulent is not in the scrabble dictionary.
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It's a perfectly cromulent word (The Simpsons)



When did Cromulent become a word?

Cromulent first appeared in the February 18, 1996 episode of The Simpsons called "Lisa the Iconoclast," in what could be considered a throw-away line given during the opening credits.
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Who says Cromulent?

In the 2005 Xbox game Jade Empire, the player meets a British-colonialist-styled outsider who uses made-up mispronounced words. When the player confronts the man with this, the man claims that one of the words he used was "cromulent".
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What is a biggen?

Definition of biggen

now dialectal British. : to become big : increase in size.
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What words did The Simpsons invent?

10 Words That "The Simpsons" Invented
  • Tomacco (n. ): a hybrid of tomato and tobacco. ...
  • Craptacular (adj. ): spectacularly crappy. ...
  • Poindextrose (n. ): chemical responsible for intelligence in nerds and dorks. ...
  • Frogurt (n. ): frozen yogurt. ...
  • Spankological (adj. ...
  • Diddly (n. ...
  • Glayvin (n. ...
  • Embiggen (v.
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What does Embiggins mean?

transitive verb. informal + humorous. : to make bigger or more expansive : enlarge, expand This incredible chart was the final product. (
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Is Crapulence a real word?

n. Sickness caused by excessive eating or drinking. Excessive indulgence; intemperance.
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What means YEET?

Yeet is a slang word that functions broadly with the meaning “to throw,” but is especially used to emphasize forcefulness and a lack of concern for the thing being thrown.
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What does Contrafibularities mean?

Noun. contrafibularities pl (plural only) (humorous, rare) False congratulations, sounding congratulatory while actually pulling someone's leg.
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What does Crassulent mean?

My brief against "osculate" would apply to "crassulent", which is defined on the site as "very fat, grossly obese", and "philargyrist", someone who loves money.
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Is indubitably a word?

Indubitably is an adverb that means “impossible to doubt.” It has a meaning similar to doubtless and undoubtedly, but it represents a much stronger degree of certainty.
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Is irregardless a word in the dictionary?

Although editors purge irregardless from most published writing, the term is alive and well in spoken English and is recorded in most dictionaries. Those who use it may do so to add emphasis. The bottom line is that irregardless is indeed a word, albeit a clunky one.
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Who said meh?

It was first used in the 1994 episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts", when a librarian reacts to Lisa's surprise that voting records are not classified. It also appeared later in "Lisa's Wedding" after Marge weaves the words "Hi Bart" on a loom to try to pique her son's interest in weaving, to which he responds "meh".
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Who invented D Oh?

First recorded in 1950–55; later popularized by Homer Simpson, character in the animated TV series The Simpsons, who smacks his forehead while saying d'oh!
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Was meh invented by The Simpsons?

far too Ken-doll for me…” The Simpsons, however, is largely credited for introducing meh into the common parlance. A 1994 episode had a store clerk replying “meh,” and in a 2001 episode, Lisa Simpson spells “meh” out loud to express her indifference, according to Know Your Meme.
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What does giving it the biggen mean?

informal to give up or abandon (something)
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What does the big one mean?

Definition of big one

1 informal : a thousand dollars The house in the background, we bought it for 70 grand in 1967, it would go for two hundred big ones now, easy …— John Updike. 2 informal : an extravagant lie : whopper Talking about lying, I thought, I had just told a big one.— Elizabeth Chandler.
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When did Embiggen become a word?

"Embiggen" has been added to a US dictionary - a word first heard on The Simpsons in 1996. Merriam-Webster included the word, which has been popularised partly because of the comic Ms Marvel, among 850 new words and definitions.
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Does The Simpsons say the F word?

"F-", with the remainder of Homer's sentence cut off by a loud burst of organ music. The word is implied to have been a doozy, as frightened birds flew out of trees, passersby stared in shock at the Simpson home, and Ned Flanders exclaimed, "Dear Lord! That's the loudest profanity I've ever heard!"
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Is Scientician a word?

noun A scientist; a person devoted to science.
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What is the opposite of Embiggen?

3 Opposite of embiggen : PARE.
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