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.
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.
My flabbers are gasted.
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.
I thought it was the opposite of datgruntled.
Oh shit it’s dis boi
Also fun: chuffed. It’s a contronym!
why does nobody use this word?
because it’s just a joke.
Pfft, seems perfectly cromulent to me.
Why isn’t anyone just whelmed?
I think I’m more combobulated.
I am nonplussed.
This entire thread is very chalant.
I find it sensical.
Happy gruntled noises
What a gorm thing to say.
I know a Norwegian called Gorm and I can indeed imagine him saying this
It gruntles the mind
This gruntles Zulthar.
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.
o.o
Denominalization goes brrr
Wow you’re disgruntling so much there
I’m gruntling a lot at those comments
