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Perfectly cromulent (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Quicky@lemmy.world to c/casualuk
 

Having seen it crop up few times within various posts, I looked up the word ‘cromulent’. Merriam-Webster gave a cromulent answer, except for this bit that doesn’t travel so well to this side of the Atlantic.

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[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Was the word not used in Blackadder the Third, "Ink and Incapability", September 1987 when Samuel Johnson has just finished his dictionary, and Blackadder trolls him by making up a load of words?