cromulent

[krom-yuh-luhnt]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cromulent¹

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

One hundred and twelve years later, it reappeared in "Lisa the Iconoclast" as Springfield's "cromulent" motto: "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man."

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

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

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

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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."

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