curatedtumblr·Curated TumblrbySnokenKeekaGuard I am whelmed to learn this informationView original on lemmy.dbzer0.com610Comments38Reply
AAFK BRB Chocolate lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesWhy does "gruntled" sound even more unhappy than "disgruntled?"50Reply
kkux lemm.ee1Hide 1 reply apologies for the kindle screenshot, can't find the plain text anywhere page 191, the etymologicon, mark forsyth23Reply
agamemnonymous replysh.itjust.works"You can add the frequentive suffix and call the pig a gruntler" sounds like profanity from a sci-fi movie.3Reply
NNoForwardslashS replysopuli.xyzI know a Norwegian called Gorm and I can indeed imagine him saying this5Reply
llath lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyAbove an underling you will find a ling and above them, you will find an overling.8Reply
sstupidcasey lemmy.world1Hide 1 replySame reason you don’t know individual is the opposite of dividual and derived from indivisible. Collective amnesia.8Reply
ddeikoepfiges_dreirad lemmy.zip1Hide 1 reply why does nobody use this word? because it's just a joke.6Reply
llgmjon64 lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyThere's a whole song about it: https://youtu.be/F6yGpJCEzqw?si=x6bz6BFG5Hxrwpps6Reply
Rbon lemmy.sdf.orgI was gruntled when it was just feet on gravel. To have come apart, I must have once been raveled.3Reply
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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.
My flabbers are gasted.
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.
I thought it was the opposite of datgruntled.
Oh shit it's dis boi
I'm gonna gruntle so hard today!
It's not a verb.
In English, everything verbs.
Don't verb nouns; it weirds language.
Don't talk me what to do.
Wow you're disgruntling so much there
I'm gruntling a lot at those comments
Denominalization goes brrr
I know a Norwegian called Gorm and I can indeed imagine him saying this
I am nonplussed.
This entire thread is very chalant.
I find it sensical.
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.
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.
because it's just a joke.
Pfft, seems perfectly cromulent to me.
There's a whole song about it: https://youtu.be/F6yGpJCEzqw?si=x6bz6BFG5Hxrwpps
https://youtu.be/F6yGpJCEzqw without the trackers.
Why isn't anyone just whelmed?
I think I'm more combobulated.
Also fun: chuffed. It's a contronym!
Happy gruntled noises
This gruntles Zulthar.
It gruntles the mind
I was gruntled when it was just feet on gravel. To have come apart, I must have once been raveled.
Gruntle - the revival of grunge with a motivational spin.
Keep your employees gruntled.