cromulent

American  

[krom-yuh-luhnt] / ˈkrɒm yə lənt /

adjective

Often Facetious.

1. acceptable or legitimate.

   People disagree on using the singular “they,” but it's perfectly cromulent as far as I'm concerned.

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Etymology

Origin of cromulent

First recorded in 1996 in an episode of the TV show The Simpsons; a facetious formation ending with the Latin adjective suffix -ulent ( def. )

Example Sentences

Cromulent is now listed in "Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English," and its dictionary.com listing says that cromulent is an adjective meaning "fine" or "acceptable."

From Salon

Are we sure this is a cromulent thing to do, Dictionary.com?

From Fox News

Lisa's teacher, Miss Hoover, replies: "I don't know why. It's a perfectly cromulent word."

From BBC

A perfectly cromulent episode to explain this seminal work to our future one-eyed alien overlords, "... Fire" features Homer's lies of omission, Bart's rebellions, and Lisa's precocious intelligence.

From The Verge

Jonathan, Birmingham "Gotten" is the past participle of "get" and a perfectly cromulent word.

From BBC