ginormous

English

Etymology

Blend of gi(gantic) +‎ (e)normous. Originally 1940s military slang.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʒaɪˈnɔːməs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məs

Adjective

ginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)

  1. (colloquial) Very large.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:large
    • 1986, Ron Friedman, The Transformers: The Movie, spoken by Jazz:
      This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.
    • 1999, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Adventure at Walt Disney World: A Disney Girls Super Special, Disney Press, →ISBN, page 20:
      Walt Disney World is ginormous. Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places.
    • 2019, Green Bank Observatory, Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to exist:
      “Neutron stars are as mysterious as they are fascinating. These city-sized objects are essentially ginormous atomic nuclei.”

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References

  1. ^ Adam Gorlick (10 July 2007) “New Dictionary Includes 'Ginormous'”, in Washington Post‎[1], archived from the original on 14 August 2011: “Merriam-Webster traces ginormous back to 1948, when it appeared in a British dictionary of military slang.”

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