The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 23 days agoComing up with desserts that can be described as "colossal" is a proud American tradition.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down16
arrow-up176arrow-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 · 23 days agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareMammyWhammy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18·23 days agoThis is a “at what point does a knife become a sword” type of thing isn’t it?
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 days 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-up2·23 days agoI have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoThe smallest messer before it becomes a regular knife
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoMesser in English refers to the sword with knife handle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messer_(sword)
minus-squarespizzat2@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days 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-up2·23 days agoNo worries, I misread stuff all the time so it doesn’t have to be on you :)
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nlcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-223 days 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-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 days agoAny pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoWhat? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoI think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoHow rude! Now I’m not going to let you have a dip in my family sized kiddy pool.
minus-squareMothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoYeah something like a Panettone Abomination. (I love real Panettone though)
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoI mean, if it was cooked in a cup mold then it is a cup cake no matter the size
minus-squaremybuttnolie@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·23 days agogot it, cake with paper on it
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoEnjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.
minus-squareNoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days 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.
Any pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.
What? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?
I think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals
Have you ever seen a calzone?
How rude! Now I’m not going to let you have a dip in my family sized kiddy pool.
Yeah something like a Panettone Abomination.
(I love real Panettone though)
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
In a dress
Enjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.
You can’t have coffee AND Bovril.