absolute unit
English
Etymology
Sense of "physically large person" unrelated to scientific definition, instead directly compounded of British colloquial senses of absolute + unit.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈju.nɪt/, /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈju.nɪt/
Noun
absolute unit (plural absolute units)
- A unit of measurement that can be defined in terms of mass, length, and time.
- (slang, Britain, chiefly Internet, humorous) A man or woman of exceptional body mass, size, and/or corpulence.
References
- “absolute unit” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.