# Britons; what are you expecting when Charles becomes King? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 2, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britons-what-are-you-expecting-when-charles-becomes-king/957061 "2022-01-02T02:19:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 198
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britons-what-are-you-expecting-when-charles-becomes-king/957061/198 "2022-01-07T08:13:19Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Quick word question: a couple of people in this thread have used the word “coronated.” Is this correct, or tongue-in-cheek? > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Coronated is a [real word](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/coronated#:~:text=adjective,to%20crown%20(a%20sovereign).). Coronated does sound a bit awkward, at least to the American ear, I think. Perhaps because the word doesn’t see much usage in these parts. We don’t coronate much around here. The word may also be awkward because it brings to mind other such odd words as _coruscated_ and _consternated_. See, for example: > [@My patient's bizarre penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patients-bizarre-penis/262329/1): > > Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan, Aug. 30, 2004: > > One of our new inmates was seen by my Physician Assistant last week for a general physical. During the exam, my assistant was surprised and consternated (despite 20 years of practice in the field) by the patient’s penis. So he referred him to _me_ . It has been a long time since I have been surprised by anything a patient might do, or consternated by a genital exam. Repulsed, yes. Consternated, no. And see also: > **[Find all words that end with ATED](https://www.morewords.com/words-that-end-with/ated)** > > Find all words that end with ATED and further filter the results in the advanced options! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britons-what-are-you-expecting-when-charles-becomes-king/957061)._