I once referred to something as being "little, tiny" in front of a colleague at work. (His name is Rob Storey, but his pseudonym is Teddy Blankenship.)
Rob/Teddy now says it too, but only in a falsetto, quasi-southern accent. (I find this ironic since my voice is really not high at all, and I don't think he has ever heard Alison Krause say "little, tiny," though I am sure she would if describing something suitably small.)
So Rob/Teddy now uses his cartoon-southern-lady voice to describe anything small as "little, tiny." He even started using it at home, to the surprise of his children and wife. His daughter says it now too, though mostly to mock him I think.
My work here is done. It was such a little, tiny thing, but it mattered so much.
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