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So... Is Embiggen a cromulent word?

• TheLocehiliosan 5y ago
  It sure is. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embiggen https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embiggen A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
  • lproven 5y ago
    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 https://www.lexico.com/definition/embiggen
• mongol 5y ago
  Yes but if it was not cromulent, what would you say instead?
  • chrisweekly 5y ago
    If it were not cromulent, one might choose a less disputatious synonym, such as "enlarge".
    • wruza 5y ago
      For unwonted synonyms I usually refer to Thesaurus. https://www.google.ru/search?q=oh+crap+it%27s+a+thesaurus&tbm=isch https://www.google.ru/search?q=oh+crap+it%27s+a+thesaurus&tb...
    • nescioquid 5y ago
      Perhaps mongol was fishing for > A noble spirit encromulates the smallest man.
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• evilotto 5y ago
  From page 28 of https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610212 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.
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