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biggie slang.|ˈbɪgɪ|
Also biggy.
[f. big a. + -ie.]
1. a. An important person; a ‘big shot’. orig. U.S.
1931H. Mutschmann Gloss. Americanisms 8/1 Biggie, important person, celebrity. 1941Auden New Year Let. iii. 69 Each biggie in the Canning Ring An unrobust lone Fisher-King. 1969Melody Maker 13 Sept. 12/7 It's time for me to be a biggie... My aim now is to get..on to the front page.
b. Anything impressively large or influential; an important organization, event, etc. orig. U.S.
[1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §20/12 Important, big, big-bore, biggie, big-league, [etc.]. ]1945Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. v. 338 It [sc. Variety] converts all the other parts of speech into nouns, e.g.,..pink (a sexy picture), clicky (a picture making money), cheapie, biggie, brush-off and vocal (a song). 1965‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest xii. 149 Make that order a biggie. 1977Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. iii. 8/1 Football... Next Saturday's Midwestern biggies on the college scene include Michigan at Michigan State. 1981Pop. Hi-Fi Mar. 15/3 The only development that I would class as the ‘biggy’ for 1980 was the introduction of reasonably priced active systems. 1983Sunday Express 17 Apr. 8/4 Over 300 organisations..ranging from biggies like the National Trust to smaller, personal favourites like the Dachshund Club. 1985A. Blond Book Bk. i. 5 The firm needs a blockbuster{ddd}I've got to have a biggy.
2. pl. A children's word or euphemism for ‘excrement’.
1953E. Simon Past Masters iv. iii. 233 You're used to having biggies all over your floor, aren't you? 1967A. Wilson No Laughing Matter ii. 103 He's a bit erratic where he does his biggies, now he's a grown up parrot. |