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[-] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 92 points 1 month ago
[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 month ago

This is a "at what point does a knife become a sword" type of thing isn't it?

[-] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.

[-] Droechai@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

The smallest messer before it becomes a regular knife

[-] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Droechai@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago
[-] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Sorry, I was just being silly. I am aware of the English meaning. I even linked to the same page you did. I guess I failed to communicate my snark properly.

[-] Droechai@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

No worries, I misread stuff all the time so it doesn't have to be on you :)

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

IPad mini all over again.

[-] Fermion@feddit.nl 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[-] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

What? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?

[-] Beacon@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

I think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals

[-] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

How rude! Now I’m not going to let you have a dip in my family sized kiddy pool.

[-] Beacon@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago
[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Have you ever seen a calzone?

[-] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Any pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.

[-] Beacon@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

I got one! Party bicycles!

wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person)

https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/

[-] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

At what point is a van so big that it's a bus?

[-] huppakee@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

at what point is a bus so small it becomes a mini-van?

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah something like a Panettone Abomination.

(I love real Panettone though)

[-] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

An unfrosted Double Dutch, at that.

That is an offense in itself. You're making it that large, toss on the fudge or Dutch chocolate icing with it.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I mean, if it was cooked in a cup mold then it is a cup cake no matter the size

[-] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

got it, cake with paper on it

[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

basically, yeah

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Enjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

You can't have coffee AND Bovril.

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago
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