“Ginormous” Makes It Into The (American) Dictionary
Hah, that’s funny: The word “ginormous” made it into this year’s update of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, two years after it made first place in an online poll for the “favorite word not in the dictionary”.
They define it as:
extremely large, HUMONGOUS
Awesome.
(via bb)
Update: As a reader points out, it only wasn’t in Merriam-Webster (an American dictionary) yet — while it has been British slang for a long time and thus can be found in the Oxford dictionaries. Thanks, Ian!
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.
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