The Prelude ... in which we define a few things

1. Embiggen:

Etymology

em- + big + -en. Ad-hoc coinage, attested in 1884. Coined anew, explicitly as a nonce word (alongside the humorous cromulent), in "Lisa the Iconoclast", a 1996 episode of The Simpsons. Use after 1996 in popular culture derives from that episode.

Verb

embiggen (third-person singular simple present embiggens, present participle embiggening, simple past and past participle embiggened)

1. (nonce word) To make or become bigger.

2. Cromulent:

Etymology

A humorous neologism coined by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation.

Adjective

cromulent (not comparable)

1. Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.  

As you may have noticed, both of these words are from the seventh season of the Simpsons.  Zac and I have bonded over the Simpsons since we first met, and felt that a nod to our roots was appropriate to this blog.