Whopper

whopper







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n. (名詞 noun)【口】



          1.    龐然大物

          2.    彌天大謊





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–noun

 Informal. 

1. something uncommonly large of its kind. 

2. a big lie.  



Also, whapper.





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whopping (adv., adj., intensifier), whopper (n.)   

 

All have to do with great size: a whopping [baby] is a large one, a whopping big [lie] is an exceptionally monstrous one (here whopping functions as either adverb or intensifier and is usually slang), 



and a whopper is a huge example of something—frequently of a lie, as in She tells terrible whoppers all the time. 



At least one dictionary classes all three words as Colloquial; others consider them Standard, but you would do well to avoid using them in Formal or Oratorical situations, as well as in most Edited English. 





　With Chloe Sevigny’s share of movie jaw-droppers firmly established, her next surprise is a turn as a polygamist’s shopaholic wife in this season’s TV sex whopper.  It’s all in a day’s work for a nice girl from Connecticut.