Cunninlinguist
Inflections plural cunninlinguists
A person of conspicuous verbal dexterity; one exceptionally skilled at arranging and combining words to artful effect.
Specifically, one whose command of language is so deft that it appears effortless or sly; a slick or crafty turner of phrase.
“Only a true cunninlinguist could string those words together like that.”
— Professor Sendy
“That cunninlinguist is gonna deliver the quiche peanemis with no analvisions.”
— Professor Sendy
“That cunninlinguist is about to get rizzioed in the huzzitorium.”
— Professor Sendy
“That cunninlinguist will not make you deadassionately have a nonchalashout all over the brarpet; he's gonna have it out back, brorch.”
— Professor Sendy
Synonyms
Word History
The Combo
cunning linguist Cunninlinguist
lend (wombo) of cunning, adjective denoting cleverness or sly ingenuity, and linguist, noun denoting one skilled in or devoted to the study and use of language. The first element is run into the second by way of the shared medial -in-/-lin-, yielding a single closed compound. Coined by Professor Sendy.
First Known Use 2026
Coinage credited to Professor Sendy.
Attested in the source utterance, @ProfessorSendy ↗