Talk:fun-size
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Fytcha in topic RFD discussion: June 2022
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Adjective. Seems more like an attributive noun to me. — Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 12:08, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
- Strong Keep. It's just an alternative form of fun size, and I've definitely seen it much more as an adjective than a noun (I'm actually not even sure if the noun sense exists). Also per WT:LEMMING, I just checked the OED, and they only have the adjective sense: "fun-size adj. (esp. of a product) smaller than the standard or usual size; (also humorously of a person) short, small" . It's similar to queen-size, full-size, etc. AG202 (talk) 12:23, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
- Also per WT:COALMINE, after scrolling here for a bit, there are definitely examples of funsize, so it should be automatically kept, per the guidelines that we (inclusive we) have talked about. AG202 (talk) 12:33, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
- Coalmine is something that counters SOP, which is not the issue raised here. What I'm questioning is whether we have any evidence that fun-size (or funsize for that matter) is lexically an adjective. Put another way: do we have three citations that demonstrate usage that cannot be explained by an attributive noun? My search has proven unsuccessful, though admittedly this should probably have been sent to RFV. Pinging also @DCDuring. — Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 13:08, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
- My question is if it's even used as a noun in the first place. I've never seen its usage as a noun, and OED only lists it as an adjective as well. If anything the noun sense derives from the adjective sense. Saying "it's a funsize" sounds very off or changes the nuance entirely without something following it. I'm sure that there are plenty of citations (you can go to the OED for that as well) that show its usage as an adjective. Let alone what @Equinox said as well. AG202 (talk) 13:48, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
- Coalmine is something that counters SOP, which is not the issue raised here. What I'm questioning is whether we have any evidence that fun-size (or funsize for that matter) is lexically an adjective. Put another way: do we have three citations that demonstrate usage that cannot be explained by an attributive noun? My search has proven unsuccessful, though admittedly this should probably have been sent to RFV. Pinging also @DCDuring. — Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 13:08, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
- Also per WT:COALMINE, after scrolling here for a bit, there are definitely examples of funsize, so it should be automatically kept, per the guidelines that we (inclusive we) have talked about. AG202 (talk) 12:33, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
- Keep per AG202. Binarystep (talk) 12:52, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
- Keep. It is usually spelled this way. Note we have fun-sized too which certainly isn't a noun, and is a synonym. Equinox ◑ 13:26, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
RFD-retracted. — Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 13:51, 26 June 2022 (UTC)