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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:20 PM
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Is 'Cromulent' a real word?
Or does it only exist wherever SBP is located?
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:21 PM
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1. Ask Matt Groening :) n/t
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:45 PM
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8. but is Homer a good source?
:-)
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:21 PM
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2. It certainly is an embiggenment of our vocabularies
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:22 PM
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3. I find the Webster people are behind
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Shadowen Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:23 PM
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4. Not according to Microsoft Works.
And neither is embiggen (or any of its derivatives).
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Philostopher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:23 PM
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5. They don't have 'scaver' in there, either.
I think SBP bought the rights to that one flat-out.
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:28 PM
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6. My teacher Miss Hoover says it is. n/t
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:32 PM
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7. "Cromulent" is a perfectly cromulent word.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 11:35 PM
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10. It's a lovely word, I just can't find it on
the approved word list.
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 11:38 PM
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11. Just google it.
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 11:38 PM
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12. Become wikified!
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:50 PM
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9. D'oh!
I blame the dumbening down of 'Murka.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 12:03 AM
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13. Try dictionary.com - it's in there
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