[JohnG45]

I’m sure there are lots of words in the dictionary that are made up, silly words, like “humongous”, for instance. In quite recent times someone undoubtedly put horrible and terrific together and horrific was born. Lately everyone seems to like the sound of it because it gets used to describe all kinds of things.

Er, did you read my whole post. The word has a Latin root. What is in recent times to you, 50 AD?

Why don't you look up the word and its root for yourself?

[Past Your Eyes]

Roots, shmoots. Humongous probably has a Latin root as well but the first time I remember hearing it was 1971. Just because something has an ancient root doesn’t mean it isn’t a recent construct.