drop-dead vs lavish

drop-dead

adv
  • Absolutely final; being the deadline, especially in relation to a date set out in a contract upon which adverse consequences will flow if the contract has not been fulfilled. 

  • Very impressively or spectacularly. 

lavish

adj
  • Superabundant; excessive. 

  • Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. 

verb
  • To give out extremely generously; to squander. 

  • To give out to (somebody) extremely generously. 

How often have the words drop-dead and lavish occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )