Why does "gruntled" sound even more unhappy than "disgruntled?"
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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.
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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
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
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.
Why isn't anyone just whelmed?
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.
Also fun: chuffed. It's a contronym!
This gruntles Zulthar.
Happy gruntled noises
It gruntles the mind
Gruntle - the revival of grunge with a motivational spin.