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adjectives - How popular is the word “cromulent”? If I use this word in . . . Cromulent simultaneously suggests that discourage sounds good while pointing out that worrying about what a word sounds like is extremely nerdy and worth a good teasing This teasing isn't meant to be applied toward the original question, however The target of the joke here is the writer of the answer
What would be a single word for un bookmark? Unbookmark is a perfectly cromulent word We have bookmark which has been in use since 1985 in relation to computers and has the transitive verb forms of bookmark, bookmarked, bookmarking, or bookmarks and we have the time-honoured prefix un meaning to do the opposite of No hyphen though, un words don't do that
abbreviations - Is legit a legitimate word? - English Language . . . A string of letters doesn’t have to be in a dictionary to be a word, but, as it happens, there is an entry for legit in the Oxford English Dictionary, where it is given as both an adjective and a noun and defined as being a colloquial abbreviation of legitimate The earliest citation is from 1897 Whether and how you use it is up to you
what does the phrase a real word mean? - English Language Usage . . . 0 A dictionary word As opposed to "a made-up word," or "non-dictionary word," the phrase "a real word," means little existentially beyond literally: "a dictionary word," i e a word published alphabetically in a dictionary along with its definition (s) e g Though it may be perfectly cromulent, the word "cromulent" is not a real word
How popular is ‘Contrafibularities’ as a day-to-day English word? I found the phrase “My sincerest contrafibularities, Tim” given to one of the comments to my question about the word, 'Cromulent' in EL U site As I was totally unfamiliar with the word, ‘contrafibularities’ (as well as 'Cromulent'), I checked Cambridge, Oxford, and Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Is embiggen considered a formal or slang word? One might think that neologisms are mostly slang informal low register But the great majority of new words, especially in the 20thc, are formal or technical words (medical or technological) based on Latin or Greek, obviously high register or technical jargon 'embiggen', because of the elements in it's construction, sounds both formal and informal ('big' is informal sounding)
word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The fact that discombobulated is made up and not really derived from combobulated does mean that you can't use combobulated I think more or less anyone would understand what you meant, and if it caught on, combobulated would simply be derived from discombobulated Combobulated is, in other words, a perfectly cromulent word to me
A verb for stopping someone from making progress A more formal word might be obstruct, surprised nobody's presented it yet For example: The rivals will mostly try to obstruct you This is where we the term "obstructing an officer" - it is a crime to try to stop a police officer from doing his duty in many jurisdictions The noun form is obstruction As in, "something that obstructs" For example: The landmines on the road were a significant
Usage of booked on booked in and booked for? Booked 'in' a course feels perfectly cromulent to me But then, I'm an 'on line' standing New Yorker, so my use of prepositions is inherently suspect to the rest of the world