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Coming up with desserts that can be described as "colossal" is a proud American tradition.
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So… a cake?
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
basically, yeah
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.
An unfrosted Double Dutch, at that.
That is an offense in itself. You're making it that large, toss on the fudge or Dutch chocolate icing with it.
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.
IPad mini all over again.
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 :)
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.
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/giant-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart/
I got one! Party bicycles!
wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person)
https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/
Any pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.
At what point is a van so big that it's a bus?
at what point is a bus so small it becomes a mini-van?
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.
Aw man!
Yeah something like a Panettone Abomination.
(I love real Panettone though)