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"Of enormous size". A galactic battlecruiser might be big but it's only galactic because it travels in the galaxy, right? Equinox ◑ 13:46, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
- I don't know and since they don't exist I don't think it matters. It can only mean "like a galaxy", although in fiction it can mean whatever the writer wants, seek out examples of such and you will find your answer.Lucifer 10:30, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
- It was just an example. And fictional words do matter, or we wouldn't have entries for unicorn or ogre. Equinox ◑ 10:49, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
- Those don't exist?Lucifer 23:42, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
- It was just an example. And fictional words do matter, or we wouldn't have entries for unicorn or ogre. Equinox ◑ 10:49, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
- I don't know and since they don't exist I don't think it matters. It can only mean "like a galaxy", although in fiction it can mean whatever the writer wants, seek out examples of such and you will find your answer.Lucifer 10:30, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
- Agreed, but the meaning seems to be transferred, at least informally. Can we attest the usage outside blogs etc? Dbfirs 20:47, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
- (later) ... Quite a few dictionaries, including the OED, seem the have the transferred sense of "huge", so I'm sure someone will find some good cites. I don't want to just copy the four OED cites. The OED also has the slightly older sense of "illustrious". Dbfirs 20:54, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
- I've cited the sense. By misspelling it in my first Google Books search, i was also alerted to Galatic, which I have now created an entry for. - -sche (discuss) 03:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)