Post ASUGTfo0GLR8f2LFWi by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
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 (DIR) Post #ASUGTfo0GLR8f2LFWi by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
       2023-02-09T01:05:39Z
       
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       Just found out the Oxford English Dictionary added "cromulent" in June 2018, which kind of spoils it https://public.oed.com/updates/new-words-list-june-2018/Merriam-Webster have so far resisted, though they did add "embiggen" back in May 2018
       
 (DIR) Post #ASUGprdGyGRriDu6q0 by jason@toots.dgplug.org
       2023-02-09T01:09:44Z
       
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       @simon embiggen is not a word? The Register has embedded that bit of slang in my brain since the early oughts!
       
 (DIR) Post #ASUH3X22MOWvsJ0LWy by dhwthompson@mastodon.social
       2023-02-09T01:11:48Z
       
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       @simon That’s almost as fun as “thagomizer” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer) becoming semi-official dinosaur terminology.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASUHFRn1fycj5kfIES by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
       2023-02-09T01:14:34Z
       
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       @dhwthompson that Wikipedia page is a delight:"There has been debate about whether the thagomizer was used simply for display, as posited by Gilmore in 1914,[11] or used as a defensive weapon. Robert Bakker noted that it is likely that the length of the stegosaur tail was much more flexible than those of other ornithischian dinosaurs because it lacked ossified tendons, thus lending credence to the idea of the thagomizer being a weapon."
       
 (DIR) Post #ASUHpHAYdk7sZtkwlM by sayrer@mastodon.social
       2023-02-09T01:20:49Z
       
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       @simon no, it's even on the Simpsons. sorry to be a buzzkill.https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-does-cromulent-mean