scrumtrelescent

scrumtrelescent
 adj.— «Will Farrell used to skewer him elegantly on Saturday Night Live with the all-purpose Lipton adjective, “scrumtrelescent.”» —“Stars align for Lipton to flip Broadway flop” by Richard Ouzounian Toronto Star (Can.) Mar. 21, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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