gadzillion

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gadzillion (plural gadzillions)

1. (slang, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).
   • 2005, Mike Gayle, Turning Thirty:

     "I think you'll find that what Jez wanted to 'do'—and, in fact, actually was 'doing'—was more women."
     "And she was having a gadzillion affairs with anything that had a hairy chest and a gym membership card."
     "Gadzillions?" I asked, pulling a face.
     "Millions of gadzillions," said Elaine. "Millions."

   • 2014, Matthew D. Shank, Mark R. Lyberger, Sports Marketing: A Strategic Perspective, 5th edition:

     By selecting baseball, Hair Doo has given up a paycheck plus any other job-related satisfaction that could have been had from those pursuits. He has decided that his $10 gadzillion salary and the nonmonetary enjoyment of playing baseball outweigh his next best alternative.

• See also Thesaurus:zillion

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