ginormous
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Blend of gigantic and enormous.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
ginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)
- (humorous) Very large.
- He drove up in a ginormous stretch limo!
- My stomach is bursting from that ginormous burrito.
- 1986, Jazz (Autobot), Transformers The Movie
- “This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.”
- 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar: A First Course
- When new Adjectives are created (e.g. ginormous concocted out of gigantic and enormous) then the corresponding Adverb form (in this case ginormously) can also be used.
- 1999, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Adventure at Walt Disney World Book #7 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.
- 2003, Buddy The Elf, Elf The Movie
- “Have you seen these toilets? They’re ginormous!”
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:gigantic
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
very large
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