WOTY, category of (unfortunately) least likely to succeed

[Laurence Horn]

On Feb 12, 2014, at 9:28 PM, Benjamin Torbert wrote:

> It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Ah, that led me to http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Made-up_words, where "embiggen" is of course prominently featured.  And indeed, that was my association when I heard the new verb.

LH
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> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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