The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoComing up with desserts that can be described as "colossal" is a proud American tradition.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1195
arrow-up1195imageComing 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 · 2 months agomessage-square56linkfedilink
minus-squareMammyWhammy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up53·2 months agoThis is a “at what point does a knife become a sword” type of thing isn’t it?
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 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-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe smallest messer before it becomes a regular knife
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoMesser in English refers to the sword with knife handle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messer_(sword)
minus-squarespizzat2@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoSorry, 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.
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNo worries, I misread stuff all the time so it doesn’t have to be on you :)
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-22 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-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoWhat? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoHow rude! Now I’m not going to let you have a dip in my family sized kiddy pool.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoHave you ever seen a calzone?
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoAny pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI got one! Party bicycles! wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person) https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/
minus-square𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAt what point is a van so big that it’s a bus?
minus-squarehuppakee@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoat what point is a bus so small it becomes a mini-van?
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agohttps://www.halfbakedharvest.com/giant-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart/
minus-squareMothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoYeah something like a Panettone Abomination. (I love real Panettone though)
minus-squareRose Thorne(She/Her)@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoAn 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.
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI mean, if it was cooked in a cup mold then it is a cup cake no matter the size
minus-squaremybuttnolie@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agogot it, cake with paper on it
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoEnjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.
minus-squareNoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYou can’t have coffee AND Bovril.
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.
I have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.
The smallest messer before it becomes a regular knife
Confused German noises …
Messer in English refers to the sword with knife handle
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messer_(sword)
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.
No worries, I misread stuff all the time so it doesn’t have to be on you :)
IPad mini all over again.
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.
What? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?
I think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals
How rude! Now I’m not going to let you have a dip in my family sized kiddy pool.
Aw man!
Have you ever seen a calzone?
Any pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.
I got one! Party bicycles!
wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person)
https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/
At what point is a van so big that it’s a bus?
at what point is a bus so small it becomes a mini-van?
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/giant-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart/
Yeah something like a Panettone Abomination.
(I love real Panettone though)
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.
I mean, if it was cooked in a cup mold then it is a cup cake no matter the size
got it, cake with paper on it
basically, yeah
Enjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.
You can’t have coffee AND Bovril.
In a dress