Definition of "humongous" []

• Slang Extremely large; enormous: "humongous baked potatoes piled high with sour cream” ( Boston Globe). (adjective)

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• "But the word humongous was coined during my lifetime, and Random House Unabridged gives the times of first usage as 1965-70."
• "D.S. Chisholm Kent, Connecticut We do not know the word humongous here, but I have found used the word ginormous [gi (gantic + e) normous] among our teen-age children and their peers for the last three or four years."
• "The risks stemming from the Federal Reserve's efforts to stimulate the economy through bond purchases are "humongous" and the central bank doesn't fully understand the potential effects, said Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan.""