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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

who knows the history of the slang word "impetulant"?

Does it mean "petulant", when used. I woke up at 3am, and
decided to look the word up for no reason, and found it
doesn't exist. But it is used 800 times in webpages.

Thanks, JackFranklin
  

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Hmmm, if it has been used 800 times in web-pages, then the users have probably mixed it up with another word. Most likely, I would suggest, are "impetuous", "impatient", and "petulant"! In any case, it's not a valid English word, as yet, and that's why you won't find it in any dictionaries.

— Yizhivika

  • Hmmm, if it has been used 800 times in web-pages, then the users have probably mixed it up with another word.
  • Most likely, I would suggest, are "impetuous", "impatient", and "petulant"!
  • In any case, it's not a valid English word, as yet, and that's why you won't find it in any dictionaries.
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Hmmm, if it has been used 800 times in web-pages, then the users have probably mixed it up with another word. Most likely, I would suggest, are "impetuous", "impatient", and "petulant"! In any case, it's not a valid English word, as yet, and that's why you won't find it in any dictionaries.
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This word also sounds like "impertinent"
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Impetulant is a socialized corrupt of the word impetuous, meaning impatient or impulsive, (as an impetuous child) . The word is not an official term but is used in local culture to mean virtually the same thing as impetuous, as showing a sudden, impatient irritation over some trifling annoyance.
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It is a hybrid of 'impetuous' and 'petulant'.. it means the same as being 'petulant'.. which in turn is akin to being 'impetuous'
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It is so close to being a malamanteau!!! But alas, it is only a neologism created by a portmanteau of two correct words.

http://wiki.xkcd.com/irc/Malamanteau
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Impetulent has a more condescending, holier than thou, tone that impetuous lacks.

that impetulent is not allowed in scrabble (14pts) makes me petulant!

make it a word Webster & Oxford!
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I use this word to identify the moment when I can no longer forgive another for their allegiance to negativity.
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