The word 'certifiable' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone or something that is officially recognized as being of a certain kind or quality, or that meets certain standards. For example, "The applicant was deemed certifiable by the board and was granted the promotion."
Each week, roughly five thousand people chuckle to themselves in front of the computer while typing out the gingerly curated string of words that they are sure will finally prove to their children/students/friends/neighbors that they are (despite many doubts) certifiably funny rather than just certifiable.
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But this week the eighth bank to run into trouble since Mr Mahuad took office closed its doors.In this section Ah, democracy Antiguan-style Living with Fidemocracy Antiguan-styleifiabLivingrintsNot all the fault is his.
The answer, given with a shrug and a smile, is "Inventamos"—we invent.In this section Ah, democracy Antiguan-style Living with Fidemocracy Antiguan-styleifiabLivingrintsInvention is, of course, the daughter of necessity, and there is much necessity.
Even then Gold said, "You have to say I'm certifiable, potty.
The 73-year-old said: "You have to say I'm certifiable, potty.
Given that she is not only a diva, whose party piece is the "Jewel Song," from Gounod's "Faust," but a certifiable ball-breaker (Haddock quails at the sight of her), anything is possible.
We regular readers are a peculiar lot, says the author, and wonders when she too will become certifiable.
A game board is a more modest stage than the Himalayas or Formula One, but Raffi Khatchadourian's Profile of Falafel, the highest-ranked backgammon player in the world and a certifiable hustler, contains just as much drama: Unlike chess, backgammon is tactile, fast-moving, even loud, with checkers slammed down and tiny dice sounding like rattlesnakes as they traverse the board.
In one article, Reisman describes Kinsey as "a scientific and moral fraud, a certifiable sexual psychopath as well as a sadomasochistic pornography addict and a sexually harassing bully".
The only certifiable yuppies in Royalton, the summer people, had stayed down in their houses on the far side of McIntosh Pond for months, until someone went down to check on them after the first frost and found them all starving, barricaded in their houses, convinced the townspeople were cannibalizing one another.
