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Itasan
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supersize

Post by Itasan » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:27 am

At a fast-food shop:
Are these all common?
1. "A burger and a coke, please." "Can I supersize it for you?"
2. "A burger and a coke, please." "Can I supersize them for you?"
3. "Supersize me, please."
4. "Can I supersize you?"

BTW, what other sizes do you have? Can they also
be used as a verb?
Thank you.

joshua2004
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Post by joshua2004 » Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:24 am

As far as I know "supersize" is only applicable to eating at a McDonalds. It isn´t really used in other contexts or in other food establishments.

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Post by emile » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:58 am

Hi Itasan,


People are always making up new words in English, and supersize is one of these made-up words. I doubt very much that you'd find it in the dictionary.

So for example, if I set up my own burger joint, I might offer Megasize meals, Hypersize meals SuperMegaMonstersize meals and so on.

"Hit me, baby. SuperMegaMonstersize me!"








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