All words in use today were made up at some point and then accepted through popular use. Merriam-Webster accepted this one into their dictionary some years ago.

All words in use today were made up at some point and then accepted through popular use. Merriam-Webster accepted this one into their dictionary some years ago.[1] And Dictionary.com acknowledges it may have been published previously in 1884 by C.A. Ward as an example of a barbarous verb.[2][3] [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embiggen https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embiggen [2] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/embiggen https://www.dictionary.com/browse/embiggen [3] https://academic.oup.com/nq/article-abstract/s6-X/242/135/4389948?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://academic.oup.com/nq/article-abstract/s6-X/242/135/43...