HUMONGOUS

humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping

(adjective) (used informally) very large; “a thumping loss”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

humongous (comparative more humongous, superlative most humongous)

(informal) Of an extremely large size.

Synonyms

• enormous

• gigantic

• ginormous

• immense

• huge

• massive

• See also gigantic

Source: Wiktionary



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MUMMIFY

(verb) remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; “Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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