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debigulate en · VERB

Etymology

Back-formation from Debigulator, itself from de- + big + -ule + -ate + -or, a fictional shrink ray featured in the 1996 episode "Treehouse of Horror VII" of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

Meanings

  1. (humorous, rare) To reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.
    • Does debigulating a table first delete blank rows? (I don't know if blank rows are always at the end or not.) 2008 May 13, Ron Newcomb, “I7: Dynamic Tables extension for Glulx”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet):
    • > think moe will get his ears enlarged 2.27.00? No, he'll get them debigulated. 2000 February 27, Ben Mann, “Re: X'tapolapocetl (Quetzelsacatanango?)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
debigulating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
debigulates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
debigulated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
debigulated Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

embiggen

Synonyms

ensmallen

wikipedia: The Simpsons · wikipedia: Treehouse of Horror VII