The Energon Pub

[Duke of Luns]

Remember when Jazz uttered "A ginormous, weird lookin' planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron!", well that's now a more grammatically correct phrase:

http://www.wmconnect.com/whatsnew/default.jsp?story=20070811-0600

It basicly said that ginormous is now a word. Also, it "was actually lauded as the best made-up word by Merriam-Webster in 2005". And since the TF movie takes place in 2005, that means....

Jazz and Unicron coined a brand new word .

Kidding, but that's what I thought of when I read that ginormous was now a word.

[autobot commander]

old

[Damolisher]

^Geez, rude much? Anyways, I didn't know that came from Transformers!

[DorkimusPrime]

my eyes got really big when I heard Jazz say it (recently re-watched the ani movie) and realized that I'd just discovered the source of the word.

[Duke of Luns]

Is there any proof that "ginormous" actually came from the original TF movie? I was just kidding, but it's the only place I've actually heard it.

[ACStarscream]

This was discussed over at unicron.com not long ago.

I think someone there said that "ginormous" was an old US military term, or originated in the military.

[i_amtrunks]

I cant find any proof that is existed before the movie, yet neither can I find any proof that it was first used in the movie.

But I would place a large wager that the first time that Ginormous was used in an internationally released film was in TF:TM.

[fenrir72]

"British" military term to be exact.

[ACStarscream]

"British" military term to be exact.

So I was half right then?

[Leonardo]

Are you chaps being serious? Because Merriam-Webster's own dictionary suggests that the word originated circa 1948.