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/ˈskwɪljən/ · noun
(slang, used hyperbolically) A very large, unspecified number (of)..
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.
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.
It'll just take a squillion times longer than the age of the universe to happen.
I just ran the numbers and got 1.7 squillion, myself.
Use squillion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Squillion means (slang, used hyperbolically) A very large, unspecified number (of)..
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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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