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Embiggened
Posted by: stevemr 01:39 pm EST 01/06/19
In reply to: Stop listening to other people! (Other than me!) - portenopete 12:35 pm EST 01/06/19

THANK YOU for this wonderful word. I was so sure you made it up that I checked, but damned if its not real! I can't wait to use it.
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re: Embiggened
Posted by: portenopete 04:58 pm EST 01/06/19
In reply to: Embiggened - stevemr 01:39 pm EST 01/06/19

I'm glad you liked it! I knew I hadn't made it up; I always thought it was a word from The Simpsons, but I just heard a story on the radio where they mentioned its usage had been discovered a century or two ago. If "enlarge" is a word, why not "embiggen"?
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Using it would be perfectly cromulent.
Posted by: garyd 02:03 pm EST 01/06/19
In reply to: Embiggened - stevemr 01:39 pm EST 01/06/19

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re: Embiggened
Posted by: ryhog 01:52 pm EST 01/06/19
In reply to: Embiggened - stevemr 01:39 pm EST 01/06/19

and I knew the word but thought it was "enbiggened" so I learnt something today too.
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re: Embiggened
Posted by: sirpupnyc 02:55 pm EST 01/06/19
In reply to: re: Embiggened - ryhog 01:52 pm EST 01/06/19

...and I thought it was something "The Simpsons" made up. (I've never used it or seen it used outside of internet-speak.)
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re: Embiggened
Posted by: Teacher64 03:15 am EST 01/07/19
In reply to: re: Embiggened - sirpupnyc 02:55 pm EST 01/06/19

The word a (and its connection to THE SIMPSONS) was a Jeopardy question just within the last two weeks.
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