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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.



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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 )

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