The word million was adequate for most things, billion came in handy on occasions, but if you wanted to use a word for a very, very large number, you just had to invent one. Anna invented one: a squillion.
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Squillion
//ˈskwɪljən//
Synonyms for "squillion" (9 found)
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You thinks to yourself, ‘There’s a billion, trillion squillion of them, no one’s going to notice.’ But that’s where professionalism comes in, sort of thing.
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It'll just take a squillion times longer than the age of the universe to happen.
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I just ran the numbers and got 1.7 squillion, myself.
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