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# fun-size

adjective (fun-size; also «fun-sized»)

«fun-size» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (euphemism, advertising) small; a small version of a sweet or chocolate bar.
2. (humorous) small or short, about people or things: «my fun-size sister».

### In the lessons

A marketing word that makes «smaller and less» sound playful; very common on sweet packets and at Halloween in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Used jokingly about short people.

### Examples

- The kids came home with bags of fun-size chocolate bars.
- A fun-size bar is much smaller than a normal one.
- "Fun-size? There's nothing fun about it, it's tiny!" complained Dad.
- My little brother calls himself fun-size.
- The shop sold fun-size packs for lunchboxes.
- Each fun-size bag has only six sweets.
- The puppy is a fun-size version of its mum.
- If a normal bar weighs 50 grams and a fun-size one weighs 15, the fun-size one is less than a third.

### Note

Trap: «fun» doesn't mean more; it means smaller. Plain word: small, mini. In maths problems, compare the weights to see how much less you get.