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What (who) is zillion - definition
TERMS EXPRESSING UNSPECIFIED AND MADE UP NUMBERS
Umpteen; Gazillion; Bajillion; Jillion; Bazillion; Gillion; Kajillion; Sagan (number); Squillion; Zillions; Bagillion; Quilliard; Grillion; Gagillion; Zilllionth; Upteenth; Gajillion; Umptillion; Gadzillion; Godzillion; Zillion; Hojillion; Gahzillion; Indefinite and fictitious large numbers; Umpteenth; Fifty-leven; Buzillion; Squillions; Indefinite numbers; Fictitious numbers; Umteen; Sagan's Number; Fictional numbers; Oodles; Unspecified numbers; Indefinite hyperbolic numeral
zillion
(zillions)
If you talk about a zillion people or things, you are emphasizing that there is an extremely large number of them. (INFORMAL)
It's been a zillion years since I've seen her.
NUM [emphasis]
zillion
¦ cardinal number informal an extremely large number of people or things.
Derivatives
zillionaire noun
zillionth ordinal number.
Origin
1940s: from Z (perh. as a symbol of an unknown quantity) + million.
Zillions (magazine)
AMERICAN CHILDREN'S CONSUMER MAGAZINE
Zillions, originally titled Penny Power, was a children's magazine published by the Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports.Ibiblio.
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Indefinite and fictitious numbers
Many languages have words expressing indefinite and fictitious numbers—inexact terms of indefinite size, used for comic effect, for exaggeration, as placeholder names, or when precision is unnecessary or undesirable. One technical term for such words is "non-numerical vague quantifier". Such words designed to indicate large quantities can be called "indefinite hyperbolic numerals".
Examples of use of zillion
1. Who exactly will get those zillion–dollar, no–bid contracts to rebuild New Orleans?
2. It’s a typical masala fare you may’ve witnessed a zillion times!
3. "She‘s been profiled a zillion times, has been on ‘The Daily Show‘ and had interactions with lots of reporters.
4. Youth + police = death was the equation, and there are a zillion ways in which it could have happened.
5. Zillion pound academies for the few and slums for the rest; unregulated top–up fees that could see elite universities charging students 10,000 to 15,000 per annum.