The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agoComing up with desserts that can be described as "colossal" is a proud American tradition.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageComing up with desserts that can be described as "colossal" is a proud American tradition.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareMammyWhammy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThis is a “at what point does a knife become a sword” type of thing isn’t it?
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s already a modification to the word to describe something smaller (a cake baked in a cup), so going back the other way seems like a redundancy. Like a giant pygmy hippo. With your knife/sword example, maybe the best analogy is describing the shortest longsword.
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoNow I want more examples of a group sized thing adapted to be personal sized then reinterpreted to be group sized again. I’m coming up blank, but I guess a similar concept would be post-it note easel pads.
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI got one! Party bicycles! wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person) https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWhat? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?
So… a cake?
This is a “at what point does a knife become a sword” type of thing isn’t it?
It’s already a modification to the word to describe something smaller (a cake baked in a cup), so going back the other way seems like a redundancy.
Like a giant pygmy hippo.
With your knife/sword example, maybe the best analogy is describing the shortest longsword.
Now I want more examples of a group sized thing adapted to be personal sized then reinterpreted to be group sized again.
I’m coming up blank, but I guess a similar concept would be post-it note easel pads.
I got one! Party bicycles!
wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person)
https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/
What? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?