A HUMONGOUS DROPOFF —————— by Steve Nadis
At a Chinese restaurant last night, where we celebrated my 6-year-old’s birthday, my mother-in-law mentioned, in passing, that the word “humongous” has fallen out of favor and is not used nearly as much as it was in the past, when it used to be “really big.” She asked if there was anything I could do about it. I told her I’d handle it (my standard response), and that’s what this post is all about.
“Humongous” has dropped off precipitously, if you believe her dire warnings (and I have no reason to doubt her; she also warned her daughter, to no avail, before our union was formalized, though that advice was sound, as always). Now it’s up to us to remedy the situation. Start using “humongous” as often as possible, even when it is clearly inappropriate, and tell others to do the same. Use it in posts, use it in comments, use it in staff meetings, in dinnertable conversations, in chat rooms, in classrooms. Wherever, whatever, it doesn’t matter; just spread the word. Humongous deserves better. It ought to be bigger than big–even bigger than enormous, and a tad larger than huge, if you ask me. If we all do our jobs, it will be.
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20:47:21
Humongous idea! I’m off to write a humongous post. I don’t want to pass up this humongous opportunity. It’s now often that I have a chance to make a humongous difference.
That’s great. The resurgence has begun…
I see that "Call Me Snake" has made the transition from a celebrity gossip blog to snarky language punditry. Keep moving, Snark, and they’ll never pin you down.
Thanks TB, I’ll try to keep ‘em guessing.
I am like sooooo humongously down with it!
It’s really happening. My mother-in-law will be humongously pleased.