googillion
English
Noun
googillion (plural googillions)
- (informal, hyperbolic) An indefinitely large number.
- 1996 February 18, John Carl Pryor, “Re: A New Theory of Free Will -- continuation of an Open Letter to Professor Penrose”, alt.philosophy.objectivism, alt.sci.physics.new-theories, sci.physics, comp.ai, comp.ai.philosophy, sci.philosophy.meta, alt.memetics, and alt.extropians, Usenet
- Thus what measurement outside of time and space do we use to measure time and space themselves? […] And what man can possibly project his mind beyond all space and time to make an objective measure and pronounce, "the universe is a googillion years old".
- 1998 October 8, Noah Roberts, “Re: Can a[sic – meaning an] HTML page run a program and pas[sic – meaning pass] instruction to this program.”, in comp.lang.c (Usenet):
- So, if this is what your[sic – meaning you're] trying to do, do a web search on CGI and read on[sic – meaning one] of the googillion tutorials on the subject.
- 2000 March 27, Marian Buchanan, “Re: how can I get path animation to work with Align Layer and Position Layer?”, in macromedia.dreamweaver (Usenet):
- Thanks a googillion
- 2006 August 1, Lynn Irwin, from webforumsuser@macromedia.com, “Re: Flash 8 Video Encoder problems”, macromedia.flash, Usenet
- That makes no sense whatsoever. How can my googillion attempts be failing?
- 2007 January 7, Gary Collard, “Re: Odds to win Super Bowl XLI -- January 3, 2007 ...”, alt.sports.football.pro.ny-giants, alt.sports.football.pro.ny-jets, and rec.gambling.sports, Usenet
- One googillion to one.
- 1996 February 18, John Carl Pryor, “Re: A New Theory of Free Will -- continuation of an Open Letter to Professor Penrose”, alt.philosophy.objectivism, alt.sci.physics.new-theories, sci.physics, comp.ai, comp.ai.philosophy, sci.philosophy.meta, alt.memetics, and alt.extropians, Usenet
Synonyms
- (indefinitely large number): See also Thesaurus:zillion.
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