Entry: egregulous (adj.)
In context: "His detox at Dimock, where they barely have the resources to give you a Librium if you start to D.T., must have been just real grim, because Geoffrey D. alleges it never happened: now his story is he just strolled into Ennet House on a lark one day from his home 10+ clicks away in Malden and found the place too hilarious egregulous to want to ever leave."
Definition: A neologism. Searching for the word I came across a blog entry that made the plausible claim that its "meaning...perhaps spans “egregious” and “ridiculous.”"
Other:
SNOOT score: 1
Page:272
Source: Infinite Detox
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