M-W vs. Grant Barrett on "ginormous"

[Barnhart]

Yes, indeed, ginormous has been in "a" dictionary since at least 1985!!!!
Try _The Barnhart Dictionary Companion_ (vol. 4.1-2).  What's most
embarrassing is that the earliest quote is 1977.  How come it took the big
boys (as Barry might call them) over 25 years to give it entry status?
Somebody's been asleep at the switch.  It's a term for Allan Metcalf's
list of sleuth terms.

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on Thursday, May 19,
2005 at 5:20 AM -0500 wrote:
>
>As everyone who as Mac OS X 10.4 can find out, "ginormous" is indeed in
>the dictionary, or rather, in "a" dictionary, the second edition of the
>New Oxford American Dictionary that is included with the new operating
>system.