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.

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