Embiggen me?

Jet Black

Did anyone notice that they use the word embiggen in the advert for the monopoly here and now Ireland. I think the advert is only on the last month. It is said near the end.

Ive heard in the Simpsons 'Embiggen, a perfectly cromulent word'

And ' A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man'.


Is this actually a word?????

Zaph

Well my OED jumps straight from embezzle to embitter, so I'd say no.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

not yet

Mr E

Embiggen was made up by Simpsons writer Dan Greaney, apparently...

Cromulent means valid, acceptable, or possibly commonplace, coined by David Cohen for the episode "Lisa the Iconoclast"; embiggen, coined by Dan Greaney, means "to make bigger," or, used symbolically, means "to empower". The DVD commentary for "Lisa the Iconoclast" makes a point of reinforcing that "embiggens" and "cromulent" were completely made up by the writers and have since taken on a life of their own via the Internet and other media. "Cromulent" has since appeared in the Webster’s New Millennium Dictionary of English.

When schoolteacher Edna Krabappel hears the Springfield town motto "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man," she comments she'd never heard the word "embiggens" before moving to Springfield. Miss Hoover, another teacher, replies, "I don’t know why; it’s a perfectly cromulent word." Later in the episode, while talking about Homer’s audition for the role of town crier, Principal Skinner states "He's embiggened that role with his cromulent performance."

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Lisa_the_Iconoclast

Skinfull

I noticed the word. But it's made its way through pop culture into normal vocab now!