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- etymology - Where did humongous first appear? - English Language . . .
Evidently, humongus humongous (very likely pronounced with a short o rather than a short u in the second syllable) was in reasonably widespread use at this college in Georgia by the end of the 1963–1964 school year
- Difference between huge, enormous and gigantic
Among the words huge, enormous and gigantic, does one word refer to something bigger than another does, or do they all refer to the same size?
- Is there a phrase or idiom for a huge task work job?
There's also (again, from Merriam-Webster) Sisyphean of, relating to, or suggestive of the labors of Sisyphus specifically requiring continual and often ineffective effort a Sisyphean task Where Sisyphus was assigned a task that was effectively impossible [to complete] And if you don't want usages derived from Greek myths, we Brits can now use painting the Forth Bridge (for a "never-ending
- A comical informal synonym for big large but not inappropriate
3 I'm looking for a comical word that has a meaning like big, humongous, etc but nothing inappropriate that would contain swear words For example, I could say: Whoa! That's a ______ spider! Slangs are acceptable, but not necessary I'm looking for a word that might make a reader giggle at the type of adjective used to describe it
- word choice - hugest grammatically correct? - English Language . . .
Yes, huge sounds like an absolute adjective, but the following dictionary entry explicitly allows both comparative and superlative forms for huge: Huge adjective (huger, hugest) 1 Extremely large; enormous - ODO This Ngram comparing huge hugest with large largest appears to show that the relative usage of the respective superlative forms are roughly proportional But in reality, as Peter Shor
- Is huge slightly informal? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is "huge" slightly informal? In the following sentence, First, some people insist that Japan doesn’t need to adopt [an] austerity policy because it has a huge amount of assets at home and ab
- idiom requests - Alternatives to exponentially bigger - English . . .
Come to think of it, humongous came into the language with the Mutant Ninja Turtles so we're both showing our ages But I was looking for an informal way of saying "much, much bigger" to convey an impression rather than a number
- Name of the sensation you feel when confronted by the immensity of . . .
The word I'm seeking is a word used to describe the feeling you get when confronted with the immensity of nature and how little we are It's what you get when you stand on the beach, watching the o
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