1. A crustacean of the genus Penaeus or allied genera, harvested at a size that renders the modifier 'jumbo' not ironic but load-bearing; specifically, any individual specimen whose tail arc, viewed from the rear of the martini glass, occupies a full quadrant of the rim.
2.colloq. Proof that the word 'jumbo' can do serious structural work. The back end curves hard, the body follows, and the glass is just there to frame the situation.
In a sentence:
"She ordered the jumbo shrimp cocktail at the Bonefish on Route 9 and the waitress came back with something that required a second glass. The tail alone had a silhouette."
Etymology:
From Jumbo, the London Zoo elephant P.T. Barnum bought in 1882, whose name probably came from Swahili jumbe, 'chief', or jambo, 'hello'; joined to Middle English shrimpe, related to Middle High German schrimpfen, 'to shrivel up.' The word 'jumbo' has been doing damage control for 'shrimp' ever since.
Yes. Jumbo Shrimp was admitted to the Thiccctionary on October 22, 2026 and filed in the Foods of Substance section. The ruling on file: Provisional. Every subject in the catalogue is judged on its curves, not its size.
What makes a jumbo shrimp thiccc?
Proof that the word 'jumbo' can do serious structural work. The back end curves hard, the body follows, and the glass is just there to frame the situation.
Is "thiccc" spelled with three c's?
Yes. The Thiccctionary house spelling uses three c's, distinguishing the editorial register from the colloquial "thicc" (two c's) and standard "thick" (one c).
Sources
Photograph by Vishnu Vk, via Unsplash. Catalogued under plate CXLVII.
