embiggen.py

import sys                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
import string                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
words = sys.argv[1:]                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
def embiggen_word(word):                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
    def inner(_word):                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
        for i in word.lower():                                                                                                                                                                                                                
            if i in string.ascii_lowercase:                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                yield ":big-%s:" % i                                                                                                                                                                                                          
            else:                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                yield i                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
    return ''.join(inner(word))                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
embiggened = map(embiggen_word, words)                                                                                                                                                                                                        
print ":sparkles:%s:end_sparkles:" % (' '.join(embiggened))