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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.

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time

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.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 4

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."

Fed Policymakers 'Do Not Understand Risk' Says Taleb

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 ...

Fed Policymakers 'Do Not Understand Risk' Says Taleb

Perhaps the answer to future nuclear plants is not the "humongous" plants the author is against, but to utilize the highly developed, reliable, and effecient nuclear plants found on our carriers and subs.

Jimmy Seidita: Ten Things to Consider Before we Start Building Nuclear Plants in Illinois Again

The big I would ay "humongous"! battalions look very impressive.

Regt. Andlau Is Completed

While it is "humongous" as far as slugs go, just about all of my students outweigh it by at least a few stone.

A Bloomfield menagerie: leopard slug

~ A star with a tail -- and a tale to tell -- Scientists are surprised to find a 'humongous' trail of material behind the well-known object Mira.

Speedlinking 8/17/07

She was wearing a friend's "humongous" swimsuit that did nothing to flatter her.

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MongoDB derives its name from "humongous" and is a document-oriented database that can scale-out as demand increases by adding nodes on a server cluster.

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