Wikipedia has a list of made-up words
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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Reader comments
MattOct 18, 2005 at 10:48AM
I like 'Sophistimacated Dowhackey', Homer's term for a complex machine.
jakeOct 18, 2005 at 10:52AM
i thought it was "car-hold" not "car hole".
rOct 18, 2005 at 12:03PM
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.
sfslimOct 18, 2005 at 12:15PM
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.
emilyOct 18, 2005 at 12:17PM
Not sure what episode, but Grandpa Simpson goes on a rant where he insists, "In my day, turkeys were
called Walking Birds."
emilyOct 18, 2005 at 12:24PM
There's also Milhouse's new past tense of "squeeze" -- "We have squozen our whole supply! To the Lemon Tree!"
DanOct 18, 2005 at 1:10PM
Boo-urns is the best. That gag is so fucking stupid it's funny.
"I was saying 'Boo-urns'" - Moleman
NataliOct 18, 2005 at 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.
JJ CanoOct 18, 2005 at 7:54PM
I've been using 'craptacular' for years...
TxovOct 19, 2005 at 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.