"A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man"
Any Simpsons fans?
Isn't it odd that words can be coined from other English words and their meaning still be understood. The word "embiggens" comes from the episode Lisa the Iconoclast along with the more dubious word "cromulent", which in it's context I would take to mean legitimate.
I wondered afterwards whether the fact that the word "embiggen" was supposed to have been coined by the town founder Jebediah Springfield, was a play on Thomas Jefferson's supposed coining of the word "belittle".
Can anyone think of any words that have come into popular use through TV or film?
Any Simpsons fans?
Isn't it odd that words can be coined from other English words and their meaning still be understood. The word "embiggens" comes from the episode Lisa the Iconoclast along with the more dubious word "cromulent", which in it's context I would take to mean legitimate.
I wondered afterwards whether the fact that the word "embiggen" was supposed to have been coined by the town founder Jebediah Springfield, was a play on Thomas Jefferson's supposed coining of the word "belittle".
Can anyone think of any words that have come into popular use through TV or film?