On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Larry Gusaas <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2010/02/06 3:39 PM John Musbach wrote: >> >> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Larry Gusaas<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> What is cromulent? I can't find it in any of my dictionaries. >>> >> >> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cromulent >> > > So cromulent is a new invented slang word. It does not exist in Websters > International Dictionary, or the unabridged OED.
The whole point of using the word "cromulent" is to try and bring some levity into the conversation (it's a Simpson's reference for pete's sake). > At least irregardless appears in regular dictionaries and has been in misuse > for the last century. Using a newly made up word to discredit a misused word > is ridiculous. Note that the person using the term "cromulent" and the person criticizing the use of "irregardless" are two different people. -- Clark S. Cox III [email protected] _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
