A 1996 episode of The Simpsons, Lisa the Iconoclast, contains a scene in which a character comments on the odd choice of the word 'embiggen'. Another character replies that "it's a perfectly cromulent word". This scene led to a resurgence in the archaic word embiggen, and the birth of a second word which previously never existed: cromulent.
Bonus:
The title of the episode also contains an interesting word: Iconoclast, which is a term used to describe one who 'attacks cherished beliefs'.
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