Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Wednesday Word: Gruntled

gruntled |ˈgrəntld|adjective humorouspleased, satisfied, and contented.ORIGIN 1930s: back-formation from disgruntled .Just comes to show you that language is a living thing. And that logic can be used in the service of humor, because if disgruntled is a word gruntled must be one too, right?Although I can see why it isn't more popular. "I'm positively gruntled with the service in this restaurant," has a strange ring.
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  1. ChrisJuly 17, 2013 at 5:05 PM

    I didn't know gruntled was a word, much less how it came to be one!

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    1. Lou HarperJuly 17, 2013 at 5:35 PM

      You do now! I challenge you to use it in a real live conversation.

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    2. ChrisJuly 17, 2013 at 6:29 PM

      My coworkers wouldn't even blink. My mother was a thesaurus.

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    3. Lou HarperJuly 17, 2013 at 7:02 PM

      And your daddy was the Chicago Manual of Style? Sounds like a country western song. Sorry, I'm having Mighty Wind flashbacks. :P

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    4. ChrisJuly 17, 2013 at 7:25 PM

      Heh, no, my dad can barely spell his own name, but he's a computer programming savant.

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