Gorillion

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An unspecified large number (of). excessive, humorous, slang, sometimes

    "The sum of one million dollars seems more randomly absurd than unjust, piddling, or anything else you can come up with to describe a punishment for the Fiesta's corruption. It might as well have been one billion, or one gorillion dollars. The sum isn't important."

Example

More examples

"The sum of one million dollars seems more randomly absurd than unjust, piddling, or anything else you can come up with to describe a punishment for the Fiesta's corruption. It might as well have been one billion, or one gorillion dollars. The sum isn't important."

Etymology

From gorilla (arbitrary, used for sound) + -illion.

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