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mega, a. colloq.|ˈmɛgə|
[Absol. use of mega-.]
1. a. Usu. attrib. Huge, enormous; great, substantial. Also used quasi-adv. as an intensifier.
1982Guardian 26 Oct. 8/4 Valspeak is..the funnest, most totally radical language, I guess, like in the whole mega gnarly city of Los Angeles. 1983Times 25 Mar. 2/6 Contracts that forced them to produce ‘mega bore’ reports that satisfied less than 1 per cent of their customers. 1984Gainesville (Florida) Sun 3 Apr. 14 b/5 (Advt.), Professionally oriented apt.... Screened Fla. room, utility room, mega storage, low utilities. 1985M. Middles Smiths (1988) xiv. 97 These people constantly told the band to think big, to think mega, to evolve into a major international unit. 1989Fast Forward 18–24 Oct. 25/3 The mega famous classical Sorcerer's Apprentice music. 1990Mountain Nov.–Dec. 14/2 This cave is a dark dungeon of mega hard moves and superior climbing. 1991Sassy Aug. 22/1 River seemed to have a mega chip on his shoulder. 1993Marketing 28 Jan. 3/2 Whether they jump or play safe is a knife-edge decision... The implications are mega.
b. Of a person: highly successful or celebrated. Usu. in predicative use.
1987Music Week 12 Sept. 22/1 Already mega in Ireland, O'Donnell has been the subject of a highly successful promotion for his two Ritz label albums. 1989Q Mar. 25/2 If he'd been managed by Malcolm McLaren he'd have been mega. 1992Time Out 22 Apr. 23/1, I got Eddie Murphy for ‘48 Hrs’, Bruce [Willis] for ‘Die Hard’ and Mel [Gibson] for ‘Lethal Weapon’ when none of them were [sic] particularly mega.
2. Excellent, brilliant, great. Usu. in predicative use.
1985New Yorker 25 Mar. 41/1, I was mega, but not mega enough for the job. 1986R. Sproat Stunning the Punters 119 ‘It's a laugh,’ says the Captain,..‘really mega. Free music and you get to hit people and they pay you.’ 1987New Musical Express 14 Feb. 23/3 It's a crap record but I had to have it. Look at it. Isn't it mega? What a great sleeve! 1988Dirt Bike Rider Sept. 15/2 Qualifying was mega, the track was mega, and Thorpey wasn't going too bad either. 1989Fast Forward 15–21 Nov. 8 (heading) Introducing the megarest music competition since the record was invented. 1994Fast Forward 26 Oct. 30/1 Sam convinces Fisher that it's a mega idea to join in the 40-hour famine. |