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embiggen
[ em-big-uhn ]
verb (used with or without object)
, Informal: Often Facetious.
- 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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