apologies for the kindle screenshot, can’t find the plain text anywhere
page 191, the etymologicon, mark forsyth
“You can add the frequentive suffix and call the pig a gruntler” sounds like profanity from a sci-fi movie.
It gruntles the mind
Why isn’t anyone just whelmed?
I think I’m more combobulated.
Same reason you don’t know individual is the opposite of dividual and derived from indivisible. Collective amnesia.
we do use “divide(d)” a lot though which is very close.
Happy gruntled noises
Above an underling you will find a ling and above them, you will find an overling.
The existence of weaklings implies the existence of stronglings.
why does nobody use this word?
because it’s just a joke.
Pfft, seems perfectly cromulent to me.
This gruntles Zulthar.
Why does “gruntled” sound even more unhappy than “disgruntled?”
Probably because “grunt” is a sound you usually make when unhappy.
It’s a real fiction, non-fiction switcheroo.
Gruntle - the revival of grunge with a motivational spin.
What a gorm thing to say.
I know a Norwegian called Gorm and I can indeed imagine him saying this
My flabbers are gasted.
Also fun: chuffed. It’s a contronym!
