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[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 92 points 1 week ago (28 children)
[–] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 week ago (8 children)

This is a "at what point does a knife become a sword" type of thing isn't it?

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago (7 children)

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.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.

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