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Cunning linguists

Is embiggen even a word?

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Oakmaiden · 11/09/2014 09:00

Because they use it in the Guardian but I have never seen it before, and it looks like a made up word (neolism?).

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thatstoast · 11/09/2014 09:14

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

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OhGood · 26/01/2015 14:09

Bush was widely mocked for using this in a speech. We now say 'ensmallen' at home all the time.

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DropYourSword · 26/01/2015 14:11

Cromulent is a made up word for made up words, right?

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DandyHighwayman · 26/01/2015 14:31

Yes it is a real word

Love it. And cromulent too

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