This gruntles Zulthar.
why does nobody use this word?
because it’s just a joke.
Pfft, seems perfectly cromulent to me.
Why isn’t anyone just whelmed?
apologies for the kindle screenshot, can’t find the plain text anywhere
page 171, the etymologicon, mark forsyth
“You can add the frequentive suffix and call the pig a gruntler” sounds like profanity from a sci-fi movie.
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.
Gruntle - the revival of grunge with a motivational spin.
Also fun: chuffed. It’s a contronym!
It gruntles the mind
Happy gruntled noises
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.
I am nonplussed.
This entire thread is very chalant.
I find it sensical.
What a gorm thing to say.
I know a Norwegian called Gorm and I can indeed imagine him saying this
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.
