Comments on: “Ginormous” Makes It Into The (American) Dictionary http://fredericiana.com/2007/07/12/ginormous-makes-it-into-the-dictionary/ Open Source, The Web, And German-American Oddities Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:38:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Fred http://fredericiana.com/2007/07/12/ginormous-makes-it-into-the-dictionary/#comment-64591 Fred Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:20:01 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/07/12/ginormous-makes-it-into-the-dictionary/#comment-64591 Ian: Thank you for pointing this out! Your hypothesis seems to be backed by the fact that I find "ginormous" in the <a href="http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=ginormous&branch=13842570&textsearchtype=exact" rel="nofollow">Oxford dictionary</a> (online), where it is marked as "British informal". Guess I need to change the article, then :) Ian: Thank you for pointing this out!

Your hypothesis seems to be backed by the fact that I find “ginormous” in the Oxford dictionary (online), where it is marked as “British informal”.

Guess I need to change the article, then :)

]]> By: Ian Thomas http://fredericiana.com/2007/07/12/ginormous-makes-it-into-the-dictionary/#comment-64571 Ian Thomas Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:10:04 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/07/12/ginormous-makes-it-into-the-dictionary/#comment-64571 I haven't got a decent dictionary to hand but I'd have been surprised if I couldn't find this word in the dictionary (I'm British). Looking online it seems to be British slang that has spread to America, but assuming it is in British dictionaries it seems a bit of a cheat to say its not. I haven’t got a decent dictionary to hand but I’d have been surprised if I couldn’t find this word in the dictionary (I’m British). Looking online it seems to be British slang that has spread to America, but assuming it is in British dictionaries it seems a bit of a cheat to say its not.

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