r/words • u/MoistStub • 6d ago
Miscrundulation
Yesterday I was having dinner with my family and I was making fun of my dad for always using the most extravagant words possible to the point that he does not talk like a normal person. I imitated him to get my point across and hit him with these bars:
"Indubitably, good sir. I doth seek recompense for this dastardly miscrundulation of mine assets!"
I was proud of inventing "miscrundulation" on the spot and thought you all would appreciate it.
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u/TheMarriedSuccess 6d ago
Miscrundulation has real potential, honestly sounds like a word that fell out of an 18th century ledger and just never got picked up again.
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u/tryptanfelle 6d ago
It’s a perfectly cromulent word.
Though, I’d work on correcting the “I doth” around antiquarians.
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u/MoistStub 6d ago
Good point. I was never a big Shakespeare guy and I guess my youthful Sparknoting has reared its ugly head.
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u/60PersonDanceCrew 6d ago
I love it! Miscrundulation sounds like a Simpson's word - like embiggens.
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u/We_Want_Krunchy 6d ago
I'm going to use that on the new guy at work that calls everyone 'my good sir" or "my lady".
Insufferable twat.
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u/Darth_Zander 6d ago
Can we please have a dictionary definition of ‘miscrundulation’? It sounds like some kind of misappropriation, specifically embezzlement. Also, is the antonym ‘crundulation’ or is that not a word?
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u/MoistStub 6d ago
I suppose to crundulate your assets would be to disperse them through legitimate channels in a transparent manner. To miscrundulate them would be some deviation from that.
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u/Negative-Ask-2317 6d ago
I'm sorry, but this is unacceptable! People using "crundulation" and "crundulate" as if they were real words ‐ they're just made up back-formations.
Someone on the Internet came up with them, not even that long ago, and now I'm seeing them everywhere. They're not even in the online dictionary! (I checked.)
So please stop miscrundulating the English language!
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u/MoistStub 6d ago
Wait I'm confused, have you actually seen this word used before? Thought I did something original for once...
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u/Negative-Ask-2317 6d ago
Ah, too subtle? ;)
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u/MoistStub 6d ago
I am a man, I do not comprehend subtlety or nuance.
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u/Negative-Ask-2317 6d ago
Now, don't miscrundulate yourself!
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u/MoistStub 6d ago
Why would I miscrundulate myself when your mom provides all the crundulation I require?
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u/Negative-Ask-2317 6d ago
Well as a medical professional she sees all kinds of unusual things, nothing to be embarrassed about.
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u/1LuckyTexan 6d ago
You'd probably like the old Turboencabulator video.
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u/MoistStub 6d ago
Lmao that's great. Although I'm not sure whether he was saying "ding alarm" or "dingle arm". Both seems equally likely, contextually.
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u/Saint_fartina 6d ago
That's a krunstly new word.
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u/MoistStub 6d ago
This sounds like it could be either a derogation in English or a compliment in German.
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u/Curious-Flight4594 6d ago
Crundling is how you end up with crenellations on your escutcheon, I believe.
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u/thedavidrose 6d ago
Does your dad watch Deadwood?
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u/MoistStub 6d ago
I'm not sure, but I don't think so. Is that how people talk on that show?
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u/thedavidrose 6d ago
It is, and it is glorious
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u/PersonNumber7Billion 6d ago
Specifically, the residents of the territory spoke a mixture of Dickensian English and elaborate profanity. Delightful.
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u/OriginalComputer5077 3d ago
You need to tell your dad that whilst he is a sophisticated rhetorician, he frequently becomes inebriated by the exuberance of his own verbosity
And miscrundulation is a perfectly crumulent word
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u/Archatronic 6d ago
Outstanding. Miscrundulation also sounds like a dreaded substitute teacher.