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I checked the words from the list presented in the post #4 using my computer dictionaries. Out of ten I found one in two dictionaries:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 4th Ed.
ginormous
gi·nor·mous /dʒaɪ'nɔːməs US -'nɔ:r-/ adj BrE informal
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: gigantic + %enormous%]
extremely large
= huge
>ginormously adv
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ginormous
■ adjective Brit. informal extremely large.
Origin
1940s (orig. military sl.): blend of giant and enormous.
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