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> デカくてトロくて

This is from a manga I'm reading, and here is the whole sentence
"デカくてトロくて使いやすいジャンプ台だった." For context purposes, this is a soccer manga and
refers to a part where a forward was sure to be the one jumping highest, only
to be surpassed by a defender, who is the one saying the phrase. This defender
use the other player shoulder to jump higher. I have no idea what デカ and トロ
mean here.
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translation slang idioms
I can't understand this phrase, is this slang? 「デカくてトロくて」
Neither of the two is slang, really.

「デカい」 is an informal word for 「[大]{おお}きい」. It should be found in every
dictionary.

「とろい」 is a regular dictionary word meaning "dull", "stupid", etc. Perhaps the
katakana part fooled you. That is just to give the word a slangy look and
feel.

「デカ **く** 」 and 「トロ **く** 」 are just the continuative forms of 「デカ **い** 」 and
「トロ **い** 」, respectively. The sentence uses **three** adjectives in a row,
thus the first two must be put in the continuative form.

> **_"It/He was a big, stupid and easy-to-use jump stand."_**
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