At least according to Merriam-Webster, that is.
Embiggen, defined as “to make bigger or more expansive : enlarge, expand”, is part of the new crop of words the dictionary has added this year.
Can “crapulence”, “boostafazoo”, “adultivity”, and “dumbening” be far behind?
Truthiness.
What’s funny is that in a couple of articles I read, they cited its ongoing use by the teen Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan, for its continued use. Then they go to the Simpsons origin.
Hey, don’t knock Ms. Marvel, it has close to 15,000 readers!
Oh, and OED did it first. (D’oh and meh came even earlier.)
Well, “Boatjacking” has been around since 1979…
Now I can finally start work on my debigulator and rebigulator devices.
Aside: My nieces go to a high school named “Magnificat”. I like to say that that translates into English as “embiggens”.
I prefer the finglonger.
Don’t spread disinformation. Obviously the more accurate translation is “make cat bigger.”
Hey, I would go to that school. How loud does a ‘Magnificat’ meow?
More like, far ahead: crapulence is attested to from the 1650s. The joke wouldn’t have worked if it was Monty Burns using a neologism.
That depends - how long has it been since his last boweling?
I use cromulent all the time. That word seems at least as cromulent as embiggen.
I am so bloody happy right now.
Unpossible!
When are they going to change Uranus to Urectum?
UPDATE: Merriam-Webster has now determined “cromulent” itself to be of sufficient cromulence for inclusion.
You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate and re-vulcanize my tires, post haste.
And get this to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail! Am I too late for the 4:30 autogyro?
I was under the impression they had done so years ago.
