Comment on Linguistics
solrize@lemmy.world 5 months ago“Cromulent” was a perfectly cromulent word as soon as someone thought of it.
Comment on Linguistics
solrize@lemmy.world 5 months ago“Cromulent” was a perfectly cromulent word as soon as someone thought of it.
vonxylofon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Actually, by its original definition, the word “cromulent” is not cromulent.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Only when it was coined. It’s very cromulent now, and could be argued to have become cromulent as soon as the meta argument was understood: that good words are those that successfully convey meaning.