‘Kwyjibo’ and ‘Crisitunity’ remain at large, however.
The Simpsons have done it yet again; officially changing our lives many years after creating their own reality.
Long-running American company Merriam-Webster has added 850 new words to its dictionary, with the pick of the bunch going to ’embiggen’ – a word first made famous in 1996 in the ‘Lisa the Iconoclast’ episode of the show’s seventh season.
Though Lisa was sceptical of the word’s existence following a screening of the Troy McClure-starring Young Jebediah Springfield short film – it’s a perfectly cromulent word, Lisa – ’embiggen’ now takes pride of place as a completely legitimate transitive verb.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Also, 'embiggen' is now a word we enter. https://t.co/3XmkZO0ral pic.twitter.com/wLUDsWIAga
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) March 5, 2018
The official Merriam-Webster definition of ’embiggen’ is as follows:
embiggened; embiggening
transitive verbinformal + humorous
: to make bigger or more expansiveCheck out the full list of new words right here.
And remember, as the saying goes; a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man…
Clip via official Merriam-Webster definition
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