New Word: Ginormous

Momotoro · July 10th, 2007, 04:12 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/...ry_s_new_wordsFollowing up on the discussion the other day.

So E here is another synthesized word for you, and millions of kids will get down-graded on a paper for the next five decades because English Teachers don't keep up with the news.

maestrovert · July 10th, 2007, 04:50 PM

beautimous !

Copacetic anyway......

FMA · July 10th, 2007, 04:53 PM

Ginormous is a perfectly cromulent word.

J-man · July 10th, 2007, 04:56 PM

Ginormous has been around ever since I can remember, it's far from new.

BritishBluesBoy · July 10th, 2007, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by J-man

Ginormous has been around ever since I can remember, it's far from new.

Me too... And I'm a LOT older than J-Man...

byrdbrain · July 10th, 2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BritishBluesBoy

Me too... And I'm a LOT older than J-Man...

With elderosity comes greater fattitude, I've noticed.
Though this may only apply to me

BritishBluesBoy · July 10th, 2007, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by byrdbrain

Though this may only apply to me

Unfortunately it applies to me too...

boneyguy · July 10th, 2007, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by J-man

Ginormous has been around ever since I can remember, it's far from new.

Yeah. It's been around for a long time. However it is still spectaculous.

Tony · July 10th, 2007, 06:09 PM

really flustrates me.

Stuco · July 10th, 2007, 06:12 PM

Been around for awhile. If a kid thinks that a word and uses it in a paper he deserves to fail.

J-man · July 10th, 2007, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuco

Been around for awhile. If a kid thinks that a word and uses it in a paper he deserves to fail.

Tut, tut.

D for that one!

Stuco · July 10th, 2007, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by J-man

Tut, tut.

D for that one!

I was just testing you

getbent · July 10th, 2007, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony

really flustrates me.

exactamundo! it has only a trinkle of amelioration in an overall obfuscatory, diasporatingly, geometrically flabulating linguistic endeavor.

Irwin Corey is my lapdog!

Tony474 · July 10th, 2007, 10:13 PM

That which is ginormous is undoubtedly also egantic, obvidently.

Chris S. · July 11th, 2007, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by FMA

Ginormous is a perfectly cromulent word.

Indeed. "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man."

And one that I've always thought was particularly apropos here: guitarzan.

CS

P.S. And let's not forget Rich Hall's sniglets, i.e., words that should be in the dictionary but aren't. Two of my all-time favorites:

Rignition: the embarassing act of trying to start your car with the engine running.

Rovalert: the ability of one barking dog to activate an entire neighborhood network of barking dogs within seconds.

Colo Springs E · July 11th, 2007, 12:19 AM

....RIDONCULOUS!

LOL, I'm okay with this one.

"Irregardless" has to GO!!

igotsvans · July 11th, 2007, 12:20 AM

umm, electronical

Telecaster Joe · July 11th, 2007, 03:04 AM

Tremongus!!! Hughmendous!!!

Momotoro · July 11th, 2007, 09:37 AM

My fellow TDPRI'ers get it. The responses to this mundane post of mine have been beautific.

Colorodo Springs E- you show a lot of maturity and understanding for your age, keep rockin'.

Oh, the old idiot I am, the link was not included before, thanks, I put it there now, how wonderriffic

Tony474 · July 11th, 2007, 10:02 AM

These synthusions of two words can be quite confetic...or so I would expose. Which leads me to ask, if the verb is "suppose" and the noun is "supposition", should the adjective therefore be "suppository"? Just thought I'd put that in...

blue metalflake · July 11th, 2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by J-man

Ginormous has been around ever since I can remember, it's far from new.

Absolutely - it has to be an old timer by now.

Eric Karonen · July 11th, 2007, 04:28 PM

Hey, didn't the TDPRI coin the word "teleicious" at one time?

stevieboy · July 11th, 2007, 04:43 PM

The attraction of using a word like ginormous is that it isn't really a word. Once it gets recognized as a word it isn't fun any more. Slang is great and I use it all the time, but it's still slang, more use doesn't change that. Nor does Miriam Webster in its quest to be cool.

It says in the article that it was picked as the 2005 favorite word that's not in the dictionary. I'm going to guess that most of the respondants didn't have to consult the dictionary to know that it wasn't in there, common sense prevailed (at the time.) I wonder if any of those people would now vote it as their favorite word that is in the dictionary.

bowlfreshener · July 11th, 2007, 06:47 PM

Also added: CRUNK

It's about time, because now the word is certified fo' shizzle my dizzle since its in da dictionizzle...

tschommer · July 11th, 2007, 08:22 PM

This is a craptacular thread!

July 10th, 2007, 04:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Momotoro Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: germantown, tn Age: 56 Posts: 435	New Word: Ginormous http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/...ry_s_new_wordsFollowing up on the discussion the other day. So E here is another synthesized word for you, and millions of kids will get down-graded on a paper for the next five decades because English Teachers don't keep up with the news. Last edited by Momotoro; July 11th, 2007 at 09:37 AM.

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Tony474 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Bushey, near London, England Age: 61 Posts: 2,386	That which is ginormous is undoubtedly also egantic, obvidently. __________________ *Proud to be The Man From Uncool.* I cried because I had no shoes - until I met a man who had no feet...

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FMA Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,176	Ginormous is a perfectly cromulent word.

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Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 3,247	Been around for awhile. If a kid thinks that a word and uses it in a paper he deserves to fail.

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Colo Springs E Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 5,290 5 Photos	That word is.... ....RIDONCULOUS! LOL, I'm okay with this one. "Irregardless" has to GO!! __________________ Think I'll pack it in and Buy a pickup Take it down to LA...

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Telecaster Joe Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island, New York, USA Posts: 440	Tremongus!!! Hughmendous!!!

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Momotoro Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: germantown, tn Age: 56 Posts: 435	WOW!!!! My fellow TDPRI'ers get it. The responses to this mundane post of mine have been beautific. Colorodo Springs E- you show a lot of maturity and understanding for your age, keep rockin'. Oh, the old idiot I am, the link was not included before, thanks, I put it there now, how wonderriffic

July 11th, 2007, 10:02 AM	#20 (permalink)
Tony474 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Bushey, near London, England Age: 61 Posts: 2,386	These synthusions of two words can be quite confetic...or so I would expose. Which leads me to ask, if the verb is "suppose" and the noun is "supposition", should the adjective therefore be "suppository"? Just thought I'd put that in... __________________ *Proud to be The Man From Uncool.* I cried because I had no shoes - until I met a man who had no feet...

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stevieboy Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: the valley Age: 57 Posts: 2,515 6 Photos	The attraction of using a word like ginormous is that it isn't really a word. Once it gets recognized as a word it isn't fun any more. Slang is great and I use it all the time, but it's still slang, more use doesn't change that. Nor does Miriam Webster in its quest to be cool. It says in the article that it was picked as the 2005 favorite word that's not in the dictionary. I'm going to guess that most of the respondants didn't have to consult the dictionary to know that it wasn't in there, common sense prevailed (at the time.) I wonder if any of those people would now vote it as their favorite word that is in the dictionary. __________________ "One of the best bands ever. These guys were such perfectionist"--Youtube user comment

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