Name of machine that shrinks Lisa: Debigulator. When Lisa proposas a "rebigulator," the scientist responds, "That is an idea so patently absurd I can't even begin to comprehend it."
The linguistic humor here arises from the complicated-sounding Latinate word really based on a simple Anglo-Saxon word.
Episode: a Halloween special
The linguistic humor here arises from the complicated-sounding Latinate word really based on a simple Anglo-Saxon word.
Episode: a Halloween special
Related:
- Marge: Homer! Homer, the kids have a great idea how you can clear your
name.
Lisa: The media's making a monster out of you because they don't care about the truth!... - FOO 1. [from the Yiddish 'feh' or Anglo-Saxon 'fooey'] interj.
Term of disgust. 2. [from FUBAR, WWII acronym, often seen as FOOBAR] Name used for temporary programs, or as arbitrary names.... - Faith: Lisa, I'm Faith Crowley, Patriotism Editor of Reading Digest.
Homer: Oh, I love your magazine. My favourite section is How to increase your word power.... - Bart: I was sitting there!
Lisa: I don't see your name on it!
Bart: It's right there! Marge: Bart, don't write on the rug.... - Bart: I wanna hold the baby. I wanna hold the baby.
Marge: I'm sorry, Bart, you're too little. Homer: Here, Bart, you can hold my beer.... - Bart: Can you say David Hasselhoff?
Lisa: Davah Hassa-hoff.
-- Lisa learns to talk, "Lisa's First Word... - What I think is that the F-word is basically just a convenient nasty-
sounding word that we tend to use when we would really like to come up
with a terrifically witty insul
he kind Winston Churchill always came up with when enormous women asked him stupid questions at parties.... - What I think is that the F-word is basically just a convenient nasty-
sounding word that we tend to use when we would really like to come up
with a terrifically witty insul
he kind Winston Churchill always came up with when enormous women asked him stupid questions at parties....

