Ironically legitimate. Implies that the subject is actually laughably full of shit, but that there is a reason to keep a straight face and pretend that it is not.
Fox News defines crumulent journalism today.
(Note: Because the Colbert Report is satirising legitimacy, it cannot be crumulent, but can only pretend to be crumulent.)
(Note: Because the Colbert Report is satirising legitimacy, it cannot be crumulent, but can only pretend to be crumulent.)
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Crum·u·lent
Adjective
Antonym of Cromulent, Un-acceptable, Un-satisfactory.
Fancy way to say something is crummy
Adjective
Antonym of Cromulent, Un-acceptable, Un-satisfactory.
Fancy way to say something is crummy
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Get the Crumulent mug.Used in an ironical sense to mean legitimate, and therefore, in reality, spurious and not at all legitimate. Assumes common knowledge of the inherent Simpsons reference.
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Get the Cumulant mug.Having an extremely intense bowel movement that requires a long duration of pushing and squeezing while "ghost-pedaling" an imaginary gold spinning loom while hunched over.
by ptoohey October 6, 2006
Get the crumplestiltskin mug.Not simply used to refer to a frequently used word as per the use in "a perfectly cromulent word" but may be better defined as germane, or apt, synonomous with appropriate, or fitting.
This defintion suits both uses in The Simpsons' famous episode.
This defintion suits both uses in The Simpsons' famous episode.
"a perfectly cromulent word"
"he has just embiggened the office of town crier with that cromulent speech"
"he has just embiggened the office of town crier with that cromulent speech"
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