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.
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.