humungous

humungous
adj
enormous, terrifying, tremendous. A popular word among schoolchildren and teenagers since the late 1970s, this is an invention combining elements of huge, tremendous and enormous, on the lines of 'ginormous', 'sponditious', etc. It seems to have originated in the USA.
Man, I got a humungous thirst on me. 'Darlene and I just killed a huge spider -we hadda use a whole can, it was hu-mungous. '
(Roseanne, US TV comedy series, 1989)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • humungous — adjective see humongous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Humungous — ee also*Humongous Entertainment …   Wikipedia

  • humungous — /hyooh mung geuhs/ or, often, /yooh /, adj. Slang. humongous. * * * …   Universalium

  • Humungous — of huge size or extent (originally US; probably, blend of huge + monstrous ) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • humungous — Australian Slang of huge size or extent (originally US; probably, blend of huge + monstrous ) …   English dialects glossary

  • humungous — hu|mun|gous [ hju mʌŋgəs ] another spelling of humongous …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • humungous — [[t]hjuːmʌ̱ŋgəs[/t]] see humongous …   English dictionary

  • humungous — adj. (Informal) huge, very large; extremely large (in size or amount) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • humungous — adjective variant spelling of humongous …   English new terms dictionary

  • humungous — hu·mun·gous …   English syllables

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