Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Ray76
"embiggen"????

Embiggen
To make something better. The opposite of belittle. From a famous saying by Jebediah Springfield/Hans Sprungfeld: "A Noble Spirit Embiggens the Smallest Man", evoking the manner in which its antonym, belittle, was coined by Thomas Jefferson. It is likely a creative conflation of big with the word embolden (to render bold; to hearten, to encourage). The quotation appears on the statue of Jebediah Springfield in front of City Hall.

American actor and writer Wil Wheaton frequently uses this word in his blog when he posts thumbnailed images.

Quoted from: http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Made-up_words#E

7 posted on 09/25/2012 10:16:15 AM PDT by FreedomOfExpression
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies ]


To: FreedomOfExpression

Wil Wheaton, played “Boy Genius.” I like “Smallify” to make things smaller, but that’s silly.


11 posted on 09/25/2012 2:27:15 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson