big-ass vs ponderous

big-ass

adj
  • Very large, expansive, fat, impressive, muscular, intimidating, or important. 

ponderous

adj
  • Heavy, massive, weighty. 

  • Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight. 

  • Characterized by or associated with pondering. 

  • Serious, onerous, oppressive. 

  • Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression. 

How often have the words big-ass and ponderous occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )