embiggen

[ em-big-uhn ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Informal: Often Facetious.

1. to make or become bigger:

   You can spot my sister if you embiggen the photo.

Word History and Origins

Origin of embiggen¹

First recorded in 1880–85 as an example of a barbarism; made popular in 1996 in an episode of the TV show The Simpsons; em- ¹( def ) + big ¹( def ) + -en ¹( def )