Does anyone else use the word 'ginormous' in conversation?
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:45 PM
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Does anyone else use the word 'ginormous' in conversation?
I guess that's the new fad word. I heard it was said on the "OC" a few weeks ago and I've heard it said elsewhere. A few of my friends have used it. Only in the English language do we find a need to combine two words and make another word.
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:47 PM
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1. Only in reference to the national debt.
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:47 PM
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:47 PM
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:48 PM
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gigantic and enormous. So I'm guessing something really big or huge.
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:50 PM
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11. it "sounds" like a mistake Bush would do.
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:51 PM
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14. as opposed to 'humongous' , which is a cross between "huge" and...
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:52 PM
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:48 PM
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5. New? We used it in the 80s when valley talk was cool.
You know, "gnarly" "heinous" "wicked" "bitchin" "fanfuckingtastic" And... "ginormous" I saw it on Dodgeball last night--brought back memories of a word that escaped my vocabulary about twenty years ago. :-)
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:49 PM
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7. I never heard it before the last few weeks
Edited on Mon Dec-20-04 09:49 PM by bigwillq
Sorry, I'm not as cool as I thought as was!:)
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:51 PM
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13. No, trust me, valley talk is something that should be forgotten.
I personally hate the word.
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Mon Dec-20-04 10:09 PM
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20. I'm from them the Valley
The Naugatuck Valley here in CT! It's a very odd place.
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:48 PM
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I'm still young though. Sounds like a fun word. :D
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:49 PM
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8. And I thought you were ultra-hip!
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:50 PM
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10. "Gihugic", we said that in my junior high.
And that was...sixteen years ago.
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:51 PM
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I think I like that better!:)
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:50 PM
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I'VE been using that word for YEARS. People are totally copying off of my ginormous ideas.
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:52 PM
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16. Ah, what a trendsetter you are!
Bow down to Bouncy Ball!:P
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:53 PM
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18. I've been uisng it for years
Years and years. I think even in high school I was using it, and that was 20+ years ago. Seems my physics teacher liked that word, but I'm not sure. But I know I've been using it for a long time. Great word!
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Mon Dec-20-04 09:58 PM
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I first heard it in 2000 and used it a few times in casual conversation. I think I'm too old to use it & be taken seriously anymore (mid 30s)
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