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Re:A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016) by weatherlight on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:28AM (#28643733)
So... Is Embiggen a cromulent word?
Re:A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016) by TheLocehiliosan on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:35AM (#28643826)
It sure is.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embiggen

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

Re:A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016) by lproven on Saturday September 25, 2021 @08:33AM (#28652642)
Interesting thing about "embiggen" -- the Simpsons _didn't_ invent it. It was already a thing, the show merely popularized it.

It's a century older.

Merriam may not know, but the OED does:

https://www.lexico.com/definition/embiggen

Re:A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016) by evilotto on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:40PM (#28644780)
From page 28 of https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610212

> For large P , the three-form fluxes are dilute, and the gradient of the Myers potential encouraging an anti-D3 to embiggen is very mild.

Re:A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016) by mongol on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:44AM (#28643965)
Yes but if it was not cromulent, what would you say instead?
Re:A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016) by chrisweekly on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:02PM (#28644226)
If it were not cromulent, one might choose a less disputatious synonym, such as "enlarge".
Re:A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016) by wruza on Friday September 24, 2021 @04:55PM (#28647700)
For unwonted synonyms I usually refer to Thesaurus.

https://www.google.ru/search?q=oh+crap+it%27s+a+thesaurus&tb...

Re:A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016) by nescioquid on Friday September 24, 2021 @07:17PM (#28648866)
Perhaps mongol was fishing for

> A noble spirit encromulates the smallest man.