ginormous

[Tom Zurinskas]

At first I thought the "g" was "hard g" as in "gun" (since 85% of "g's" are
hard g's in text).  But I see that "gi" is as in gigantic.

English has a big problem in spelling "long i" as in "eye,pie,guy".  Note
the problem with spelling Al Kaida, Al Kaeda.  I wonder who orchestrated the
switch to the spelling Al Kaeda?

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4  truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at
authorhouse.com.





>From: Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM>
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>Subject: Re: ginormous
>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:01:27 -0500
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>I enjoy the blend "ginormous." I think it is quite pleasing to the ear,
>besides being a clever little blend.
>
>Scot, promoter of a million synonyms
>
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> >From: Robert Hartwell Fiske <Vocabula at AOL.COM>
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> >Merriam-Webster's has added nearly one hundred new words to the 2006
>update
> >of the eleventh edition of its Collegiate Dictionary. Among them is the
> >word
> >ginormous, a synonym of the equally loathsome, equally silly  humongous.
> >Combining "gigantic" and "enormous," ginormous is a word for which we
> >already have a great many synonyms. It's easy to create synonyms of
>readily
> >understandable concepts like largeness.
> >Better than new, ill-defined words for simple concepts like largeness
>would
> >be new words for less easily understood or less often encountered
>concepts
> >like  bravery or justice or truth. Having more synonyms of words such as
> >these
> >may,  over time, affect people's behavior and increase the occurrence of
> >bravery, the  spread of justice, or the value of truth.
> >Ginormous is a silly slang term that does nothing to improve our
> >understanding of ourselves or our world. What's more, some people, simple
> >though  the
> >concept of large should be, apparently have trouble understanding the
>word:
> >* Those looking through the new edition of Merriam-Webster's dictionary
> >will
> >have a ginormous list of new words to learn.
> >* It was a ginormous year for the wordsmiths at Merriam-Webster.
> >* She gave her mom, Kathy, a ginormous hug before the hotel
>entrepreneurs
> >sped off to their Bel-Air mansion for some quality time together.
> >* But I have one ginormous point to add.
> >
> >Ask Fiske
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> >
> >
> >Robert Hartwell Fiske
> >Editor and Publisher
> >The Vocabula  Review
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