Comments on: A Perfectly Cromulent Fairy Door at Flickr

By: Another Embiggen Sighting » UIE Brain Sparks

Another Embiggen Sighting » UIE Brain Sparks — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:10:06 +0000

[...] time, we spot an embiggen over at macenstien.com (Click to [...]

By: Paul Irish

Paul Irish — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:01:02 +0000

Noticed this recently, as well. And don’t tell me this is a complete coincidence…

By: Embiggen and cromulent at Complex solutions to simple problems

Embiggen and cromulent at Complex solutions to simple problems — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:51:20 +0000

[...] Spool spotted that Flickr uses Simpsons lingo in their slide show feature and points readers in the direction of Wikipedias Culturally [...]

By: Jared Spool

Jared Spool — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:49:58 +0000

In fact, all words are made up at some point in their etymology. Who is to say the writing team at the Simpsons is a bad place to originate new words? I don't see how embiggen is any less a useful verb than google or text. (The American Heritage Dictionary lists text as a transitive verb.)

By: Tamlyn Rhodes

Tamlyn Rhodes — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:23:50 +0000

Made-up words in an options screen? What would Jacob Nielsen have to say about that?

I’m currently performing a usability test of some customer service call centre software and that Wikipedia entry had me laughing out loud over the agent’s shoulder. D’oh!

By: links for 2007-09-26

links for 2007-09-26 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:28:17 +0000

[...] Embiggen on Flickr (the article talks about a “fairy door”… basically, a little touch that makes the mundane, er, no so mundane. See http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/05/11/putting-fairy-doors-into-the-design/ ) (tags: fairy door embiggen Flickr) [...]

By: bob lodi

bob lodi — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:31:20 +0000

Excellent use of ‘cromulent’ in a sentence. Mrs. Krabapple would give you high marks.