Why does "gruntled" sound even more unhappy than "disgruntled?"
this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2024
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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.
o.o
Wow you're disgruntling so much there
I'm gruntling a lot at those comments
Denominalization goes brrr
What a gorm thing to say.
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.
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.
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.
Why isn't anyone just whelmed?
I think I'm more combobulated.
Also fun: chuffed. It's a contronym!
Happy gruntled noises
It gruntles the mind
This gruntles Zulthar.
Gruntle - the revival of grunge with a motivational spin.