supersize

supersize
 v.— «He has not exactly burned up the track with new hits. Instead he got by with a rope-a-dope act, finding stopgap shows like “Weakest Link” and squeezing out ratings with tactics like stretching the running time of his remaining hits— “supersizing,” in his parlance.» —“Saved by Timely Hit, NBC Is Ready for an Ad Kickoff” by Bill Carter New York Times May 17, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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