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- verb rare, nonstandard To
enlarge orgrow ; tomake orbecome bigger .
Etymologies
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+2 points: Using the neologism 'embiggen'- in which I imagine/hope is a Simpsons reference
Forbes.com: News David M. Ewalt 2011
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And - just a thought - "embiggen" is already part of children's vocabulary from The Simpsons - a "perfectly cromulent word" so could you use it and by analogy "ensmallen"?
Going digital - with 26 crows and a bucket Stroppy Author 2010
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I'm concerned re the "embiggen" usage...just what do you spend your time doing?
Give It Up: The Best Gift is Nothing at All BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Julie at No Fancy Name takes you through the enhanced feed features of Feedflare, complete with screenshots and the repeated use of the verb "embiggen," which always makes me smile:FeedFlare came about after the FeedBurner folks sat around thinking about "the importance of the feed item and the ability to leverage the structure of the feed to build a bridge between web services and the content item."
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Julie at No Fancy Name takes you through the enhanced feed features of Feedflare, complete with screenshots and the repeated use of the verb "embiggen," which always makes me smile:FeedFlare came about after the FeedBurner folks sat around thinking about "the importance of the feed item and the ability to leverage the structure of the feed to build a bridge between web services and the content item."
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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Only the second time I've ever encountered the word "embiggen".
Richard II 2004
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BadAstronomer: I misspelled "embiggen" and my spellchecker caught it.
Discover Blogs 2010
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, -2 / +13I just like how they they keep using the word "embiggen" ...
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, -2 / +13I just like how they they keep using the word "embiggen" ...
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, -2 / +13I just like how they they keep using the word "embiggen" ...
rodbegbie commented on the word embiggen
Origin: http://www.snpp.com/episodes/3F13.html
December 2, 2006
jrome commented on the word embiggen
Team Flickr continues to embiggen with the fabulously successful completion of Project Kakulito, or rather the arrival of Rohan Metzler. Congratulations to Kakul and Jon.
Posted by Heather Champ http://blog.flickr.com/flickrblog/2007/02/kakulito.html
February 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word embiggen
Every time I see this I laugh out loud.
December 24, 2008
mrgosh commented on the word embiggen
Embiggen is one of two words (the other being "cromulent") popularized by The Simpsons. The best known example of it on the show is Springfield's town motto: "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man." or something to that effect. There is a good WikiPedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embiggen#Embiggen_and_cromulent
June 26, 2009