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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Cromulent" was a perfectly cromulent word as soon as someone thought of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Actually, by its original definition, the word "cromulent" is not cromulent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 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.