Gorillion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gorillion is a noun meaning (slang, sometimes humorous, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).
Meaning
(slang, sometimes humorous, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).
Example Sentences
I'm impressed you haven't mentioned Muh Holocaust and the 6 Gorillion yet.
While most scholars and experts agree that six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, white supremacists and neo-Nazis often use this fictional number - 6 Gorillion - to suggest that the number is exaggerated.
It’s actually a quadrillion, although it could just as easily be a bazillion, a gorillion, a donkeykongillion or a shakazuluillion, because the number is so large that we really don’t even use it, especially when we’re talking about money.
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.
Word Forms
- gorillions
Synonyms for gorillion
Depending on context, synonyms include babillion, bajillion, bazillion, billion, bizillion, dillion.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include godzillion, bazillion, kabillion, kazillion, bajillion, kajillion.
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