Cromulent
adjective
fine, acceptable
Usage Note
slang
adjective
Appearing legitimate but actually being spurious: These citations are indeed cromulent
[a word used by the schoolteacher, Miss Hoover, in an episode of The Simpsons, in which she defended one made-up word by making up another]
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