Wikipedia has a list of made-up words OCT 18 2005
Wikipedia has a list of made-up words and expressions from The Simpsons. "Cromulent" is my favorite and should find it's way into actual use. "Car hole" is great as well. (via bb)
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52 18 200510:52AM
i thought it was "car-hold" not "car hole".
03 18 200512:03PM
As soon as I saw 'cromulent' I remembered it from Blackadder as I had seen the episode just last week. The wikipedia entry says the script for Blackadder doesn't contain it, but I am pretty sure that was the word. It would be interesting see see what the Blackadder actually was if it was not cromulent.
15 18 200512:15PM
In my experience, "cromulent" is in actual use, at least among a few thousand geeks, freeks, cowgrrls and mad scientists in or around the San Francisco Bay Area.
17 18 200512:17PM
Not sure what episode, but Grandpa Simpson goes on a rant where he insists, "In my day, turkeys were
called Walking Birds."
24 18 200512:24PM
There's also Milhouse's new past tense of "squeeze" -- "We have squozen our whole supply! To the Lemon Tree!"
10 18 2005 1:10PM
Boo-urns is the best. That gag is so fucking stupid it's funny.
"I was saying 'Boo-urns'" - Moleman
13 18 2005 5:13PM
Jebus! There is no hipper way to refer to the mythical superhero lord himself. I had no idea that that was the origin of the term. The levels in which The Simpsons have informed and influenced my life are disturbing.
54 18 2005 7:54PM
I've been using 'craptacular' for years...
07 19 2005 4:07PM
The 'craptacular' episode came out in '97.
Tangentially, is a thing that's 'craptacular' a 'craptacle?'
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.
Matt48 18 200510:48AM
I like 'Sophistimacated Dowhackey', Homer's term for a complex machine.