humongous

Robert Reich

If you want to know what’s happening to health insurance in America, take a hard look at UnitedHealth – the nation’s largest insurer. It's making humongous profits. Its second-quarter earnings jumped 11 percent. Over the past its revenue grew 28 percent to $46.49 billion. So far this year, the value of its stock has soared 20 percent – more than triple the 6 percent average increase of the rest of the stock market.

humongous 

Pronunciation: /hjuːˈmʌŋɡəs/ 

(also humungous)

ADJECTIVE

informal, chiefly North American

Huge; enormous:a humongous steak

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Origin

1970s (originally US): possibly based on huge and monstrous, influenced by the stress pattern of stupendous.