Million
Million noun - A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole).
Usage example: there were millions of flies
Zillion
Zillion noun - A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole).
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Lucifer's Hammer: Odds of the Hamner-Brown comet hitting the earth start out at a zillion to one, then they're a million to one, then they're a thousand to one, and then Oh Crap!!
Source: Million-to-One Chance -
Looking for a way to pay this off, they later learn that the art in the National gallery is insured for one million billion quintillion zillion pounds.
Source: Series / The Goodies -
By Contrived Coincidence, the National Gallery have all their paintings insured for exactly one million billion quintillion zillion pounds.
Source: Series / The Goodies
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