humongous

humongous
/hyooh mung"geuhs, -mong"-/ or, often, /yooh-/, adj. Slang.
extraordinarily large.
Also, humungous.
[1965-70, Amer.; expressive coinage, perh. reflecting HUGE and MONSTROUS, with stress pattern of TREMENDOUS]

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