cromulent

cromulent
1) Cromulent is used to describe a made-up word which sounds like a real, proper word you might find in the dictionary - i.e., possessing the characteristic of cromulence.

Shampaign sounds like a perfectly cromulent word to me.

2) Egotistical, arrogant, etc.

That cromulent King, tells the people false information regarding taxes.

3) The speaker doesn't know if this story is true or not, but if it isn't, it really should be.
Orig: Simpson's TV cartoon, meaning drift from original.
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This has got to be the most cromulent story I have ever read on the web. Read about the teen who built a neutron gun and proto-breeder reactor in his back yard, after refining and collecting radioactive material.


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