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Re:Modern Mono by CyberDildonics on Monday February 13, 2023 @01:51PM (#34778251)
You probably meant 'enlarge'. "Embiggen" was made up by the simpsons as a joke.
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Re:Modern Mono by emptybits on Monday February 13, 2023 @02:15PM (#34778685)
All words in use today were made up at some point and then accepted through popular use. Merriam-Webster accepted this one into their dictionary some years ago.[1]

And Dictionary.com acknowledges it may have been published previously in 1884 by C.A. Ward as an example of a barbarous verb.[2][3]

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embiggen

[2] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/embiggen

[3] https://academic.oup.com/nq/article-abstract/s6-X/242/135/43...

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Re:Modern Mono by throwanem on Monday February 13, 2023 @01:54PM (#34778302)
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
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Re:Modern Mono by timbray on Monday February 13, 2023 @02:12PM (#34778627)
Anyone can embiggen me any time they want.
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Re:Modern Mono by sorokod on Monday February 13, 2023 @02:11PM (#34778606)
In the same episode as that other word - amazing
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Re:Modern Mono by rzzzt on Monday February 13, 2023 @02:21PM (#34778788)
Me fail English? That's unpossible!
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Re:Modern Mono by chungy on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:04PM (#34779503)
You understood the meaning well enough, which is the purpose of a word. Perhaps you need to embiggen your perspective.
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