Esteemed commenter (and fellow fantasy football casualty) Denny brought it to my attention the other day that his wife heard that "cromulence" is going to be entered in the dictionary. Which dictionary wasn't specified, but mention on the news generally means the OED, if I'm not mistaken.
I did some looking around for info, but couldn't find anything about it. Denny had helpfully included a link to another site that dares use "cromulent" in its title. I've known almost since the beginning that there are many who would've liked to call their particular arena for bloviation "A Perfectly Cromulent Blog" (simply because I know everyone Googling that phrase isn't looking for me specifically), but I got here first. So...nyah.
Which isn't to say there aren't a lot of other allegedly cromulent sites out there. For example...
Perfectly Cromulent - Personal web page for a young lady from New Jersey with a link to a sporadically updated LiveJournal account. She appears to be obsessed with Johnny Depp and Grey's Anatomy.
Urban Dictionary - Cromulent - I go back and forth with UD as the #1 hit for the c-word. Of course, I'm probably not helping my cause by linking them here. DON'T CLICK.
cromulent.org - Philadelphia-based weblog that hasn't been updated in - by my estimation - almost two years. Allegedly returning in '06.
cromulent.com - A placeholder page to let us know "cromulent.com" is not for sale and is, in fact, used for something. What, we don't know.
Wikipedia's list of neologisms on The Simpsons - What a great page, and "cromulent" gets pretty much the biggest entry, including:
Based on the context in which Miss Hoover uses the word cromulent, we can interpret that it means "legitimate" or "appropriate." Based on the way Principal Skinner uses it, it can be interpreted as meaning something similar to "more than acceptable" or "more than adequate;" these usages would also (in an assumed lexical context) satisfy Miss Hoover's use of the word. Lisa uses it later in that episode, when instead of telling the truth about Jebediah Springfield, she accepts that the myth and the made-up words have inspirational value.
Both "embiggen" and "cromulent" were quickly adopted and used by Simpsons fans. Cromulent has taken on an ironic meaning, to say that something is not at all legitimate and in fact spurious.
The ironing is delicious.
The Weblog of Internacular - Sort of like Urban Dictionary, in blog form. Uses "cromulent" in its layout and has the obligatory link to the word's definition (which currently takes you to a 404 page with a toothsome pinup gal). Last updated December 5, 2005.
The USS Cromulence - An EZBoard page devoted to - one hopes - a fictional Federation starship. Last updated in 2003.
The Road to Cromulence - A "social club" message board on the Motely Fool website. Okaaay.
And you don't want to know what the "embiggen" sites are dedicated to, believe me.
Via Wikipedia's list of neologisms on The Simpsons (that you mentioned above):
Cromulent is defined in Dictionary.com
Cromulent was mentioned on NPR's Morning Edition, 12/30/05, during an interview with an editor of the Oxford American Dictionary. The piece was on new words. Cromulent was discussed as a part of the Simpsons' contribution to the English language. It is not being added to the OAD at this time, but the editor really likes the word. To listen to the segment, go to http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5075545
Cromulent is a word that I hold near to my heart, of course, but my favorite Simpsonism has to be craptacular. It's better to be cromulent than craptacular though.
That's some cromulent crapulence! :)
There can be only one, Pete. Time take care of business, Lambert-style.