Meaning of funsize | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B1]

Examples

“Applause, Mars | standard bar | 50g / funsize bar | 24g”

“We’re gonna have⟳ hollow chocolate eggs, ones that you can open⟳ up, and they’ve got scrummy things inside, you know⟳, like⟳ Smarties and small Mars Bars. Not the big ones. Small ones, ’cos the big ones won’t fit, you see⟳. Call⟳ them ‘funsize’, Lord, because they are fun to eat⟳.”

“Your child should take⟳ at least 20 g carbohydrate (2 exchanges) beforehand in a readily absorbable form⟳, eg, chocolate-coated biscuit (eg, 1 Penguin, 2 Jaffa cakes); funsize Mars bar or Twix (1 finger) or KitKat (2 fingers); 1 glass cola or lemonade (sweetened type⟳); 4 squares ordinary chocolate.”

“But if you want⟳ chocolate every day- either have⟳ just a couple of squares of a bar, or a ‘funsize’ bar, or how about getting that chocolatey taste⟳ another, lower-fat way – say⟳ a low-fat instant chocolate drink⟳.”

“Dummy’s funsize”

“Indeed overall, only those with the sharpest of minds are likely to come⟳ out on top – although the ability to rapidly carve each and every opponent into a cloud of funsize strips of bleeding flesh will also come⟳ in handy.”

“It’s like⟳ a funsize gherkin innit?”

“Karen unzipped a funsize chocolate snack with practised dexterity and handed it to Damian – ‘there. Peace perfect peace.’”

“A second miniature sheet, 75×55 mm, containing No. 1142, was only available as a promotional item connected with the purchase⟳ of funsize bars of various Mars products or at face⟳ value from the Philatelic Bureau.”

“Buy⟳ a bag of funsize sweets and ask⟳ family members and friends to choose⟳ their favourite variety over the course of several days.”

“He pandered to this, keeping a tin of funsize chocolate bars to hand and using them shamelessly and almost always successfully as bribes.”

“Recently, there has been more of an emphasis on diversifying existing brands – launching orange or mint versions of established bars, for example – and also a strategy of fitting new products and their packaging to specific lifestyle occasions, whether they be a formal or relaxed social occasion, watching TV, driving a car, light⟳ snacking during the day (hence mini or funsize bars) or using a chocolate bar as a meal replacement or manly snack.”

“He pours himself another drink⟳, roysh, sits down at the table and puts his head in his hands, so I get⟳ up, grab⟳ a pack⟳ of Kettle Chips and a handful of, like⟳, funsize Mars bars out of the cupboard and stort moseying up to my room.”

“There I am happily munching away on a Pollywaffle then someone hands me a Snickers funsize.”

“We ply them with alcohol, fill⟳ them with chicken salad and funsize bits of pizza, and pay⟳ some poor sod of a model⟳ to parade in front of them in our stuff, crossing our fingers that they might actually put⟳ in an order⟳.”

“I notice⟳ that the big bowl containing funsize packs of Smarties and mini Mars Bars has undergone a change⟳ of contents and that, this year, the lucky winners are receiving Wildberry Fruit Leather strips and gelatine-free Gummy VegeBears from Fresh & Wild.”

“We are all brainwashed by food manufacturers in this country – unhealthy food is marketed as Happy Meals, Sunny Delight and funsize chocolates, but it doesn’t take⟳ long to change⟳ our relationship with food.”

“There’s a pan loaf courtesy of Pat the Baker, cans of Coke courtesy of Pat the Barman, six individual pork pies, a bag of funsize Mars bars…”

“These funsize, eggy frittatas are colorful and quick to make⟳.”

“My bicep, my poor little cluster of nearly muscle is being pressed into a funsize turkey nugget and I’m starting to perhaps regret⟳ my outing with this bunch of Brentford fans who have⟳ that slightly edgier reputation.”

“Not only that but she’d left a whole packet of kettle chips and a bag of funsize chocolates in the kitchen with instructions to eat⟳ as much as he wanted and take⟳ the rest⟳ home with him. It was practically heaven.”

“Meanwhile Emma Bradford, 19 stone of unstoppable womanhood from Darlington, said: “I just dump⟳ a load⟳ of funsize Mars Bar into a soup bowl. It’s the same.””

“Pirate being somewhat funsize and me lanky, her feet just about reach⟳ my knees.”

“She’d opened up her Christmas selection boxes and the floor around them was scattered with screwed-up funsize Crunchie wrappers.”

“There’s a plate of funsize Twirls between them on the coffee table.”

“Chocolate bar | ½ a 58 g bar or a funsize bar”

“Betty holds up the funsize bag of Peanut Butter M&Ms I brought her.”

“2 funsize Milky Ways, chopped”

“The reward⟳ was a funsize Mars bar: the perfect end⟳ to any childhood meal.[…]The funsize definitely taste⟳ better than the full size too.”

“Efe tipped up her dressing-gown hood and emptied out a selection of Mars bars, KitKats and funsize Milky Ways across the stone floor.”

“In the UK the products affected include⟳ funsize Mars and Milky Way bars and boxes of Celebrations.”

“These appear⟳, alongside selections more mundane (broccoli) and mysterious (“funsize” sausage), in an inventory of some 60-odd potential ingredients for the main course: Sichuan dry pot.”

““For the most part I knew the songs were not gonna be used in their entirety,” he [Graham Coxon] adds, “so I did mini versions – intro, verse, chorus, instrumental, out. It was an SAS job – very funsize, like⟳ a little chocolate bar.””

“Most Noted For: Being very cheerful and smiley, having nice edges and lashes, being *extra,* being funsize.”

“Physicists from across the country contribute⟳ short articles, featuring stunning visuals and easy to follow⟳ explanations of cutting edge research⟳, as well as “funsize activities” to explore⟳ physics concepts.”

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