Foxy With all your sarcasm lately why would use that word, from a book that I will bet you did not know the meaning when you read it, the word is not even in a lot of dictionaries.

Roughly, gruntlement means a state of happiness, peacefulness and tranquillity.

It took me a long time on google and other places to confirm what it meant, it is an extremely rarely used word, and to use it in a three word sentence.

Quote "He is mad, bad, ANGRY and sad." that description contradicts the meaning that I have come to think the word means, (a state of happiness, peacefulness and tranquillity.)

Maybe if it was prefixed with dis it might be in line with your opinion of me as sometime you get the opposite.( proportionate becomes disproportionate - trust becomes distrust )

disgruntlement possibly would have been better, in keeping with your low opinion of me.

Philip S.,

You still don't get it.

"Gruntlement"is a made up word.

I used it
on you because that's what you do - you grunt.
The message to you was meant - Don't be a
Grunter - be nice. It was meant to tell you how
NOT to treat your fellow posters.

You don't want to continue to be a breath of foul air.

Foxy I don't understand your logic, you say it is a made up word implying it is not a real word, in that case why would you use a word that was not a word and therefore had no meaning except in the book you read.

A word no one would be able to find the meaning of unless they had that book.

The problem with that logic is it is a word and can be found in use, but as stated before extremely rarely.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0607/S00357/getting-to-a-state-of-gruntlement.htm
Getting To A State Of Gruntlement
Sunday, 30 July 2006, 12:30 am
Speech: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

Philip S.,

You obviously have never heard of Dr Seuss,
Roald Dahl, JR Tolkien, JK Rowling, to name just a few
writers who use language as they see fit -
for the sheer fun of it. Authors often use language with
feeling, language which involves us emotionally and this
involvement is essential if language is to live and
work. You seem to approach language and language-related
skills as though intellectual understanding were the sole key
to them.

I prefer authors who are riotous and inventive as in
Roald Dahl's description of the äwesome snozzcumber"in
the BFG (1982):

Ït's disgusterous!"the BFG gurgled.
Ït's sickable! It's rotsome! It's maggotwise!
Try it yourself, this foulsome snozzcumber!

"cont'd ...

Philip S.,

Whatever words do - they serve a purpose in a good book.
They come together to tell a story whether its of Bilbo
Baggins in "The Hobbit"- its the skill of the writer that
welds the words together so that they may work a special
magic of their own. I tried to widen you mind. Obviously
I failed.

Philip,I find Foxy's comments tending towards humour and irony, perhaps it is 'humony'.
By her logic emotions ARE acceptable in conversation yet we must not use emotionas when speaking/writing to/about someone, for fear of offending or upsetting the listener/reader.
If Foxy is correct then I must also be riotous and inventive, due to the colourful language I use.
Interesting, I have been called colourful and inventive before for other attributes but never for my linguistic skills.
Well I guess this is another run on the board, I can chalk up as a new experience as well then.