ginormous

ginormous
Adj.. Huge. A combination of the words gigantic and enormous.

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  • ginormous — 1948, perhaps originally military colloquial, from a merger of GIGANTIC (Cf. gigantic) + ENORMOUS (Cf. enormous) …   Etymology dictionary

  • ginormous — ► ADJECTIVE Brit. informal ▪ extremely large. ORIGIN blend of GIANT(Cf. ↑giantess) and ENORMOUS(Cf. ↑enormousness) …   English terms dictionary

  • ginormous — adjective /dʒaɪˈnɔː(ɹ)məs/ a) Very large. He drove up in a ginormous stretch limo! b) 7 [ …   Wiktionary

  • ginormous — Somewhere between gigantic and enormous. Especially handy when describing Jennifer Lopez rear end. Did you see the J Lo rear end on that one chick. It was ginormous, too …   Dictionary of american slang

  • ginormous — Somewhere between gigantic and enormous. Especially handy when describing Jennifer Lopez rear end. Did you see the J Lo rear end on that one chick. It was ginormous, too …   Dictionary of american slang

  • ginormous — adjective BrE informal extremely large: Look Mum! It s ginormous! ginormously adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ginormous — gi•nor•mous [[t]ʤaɪˈnɔr məs[/t]] adj. extremely, disproportionately, or shockingly large: an absolutely ginormous diamond, too big to be made into a ring[/ex] • Etymology: [1945 50; gi(gantic)+ (e)normous] …   From formal English to slang

  • Ginormous — …   Wikipedia

  • Ginormous — incredibly huge; of outstanding size (blend of gigantic + enormous ) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • ginormous — Australian Slang incredibly huge; of outstanding size (blend of gigantic + enormous ) …   English dialects glossary

  • ginormous — gi|nor|mous [dʒaıˈno:məs US ˈno:r ] adj BrE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: gigantic + %enormous%] extremely large = ↑huge >ginormously adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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