jillion

English

Etymology

See -illion.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĭl′yən, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪljən/

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• Homophones: gillion, Gillian, Jillian (sometimes gillion may start with hard /ɡ/; the names may alternatively be trisyllabic /ˈdʒɪl.i.ən/)
• Rhymes: -ɪljən
• Hyphenation: jil‧lion

Noun

jillion (plural jillions)

1. (slang, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).
   • 1995 December 29, Kreg Harrison, “11th hour- lecher where??”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I know this has been asked a jillion times, but news server displays only one days^[sic] worth of posts..

   • 1999 April 27, Patric M. Verrone, “A Fishful of Dollars” (11:00 from the start), in Futurama, season 1, episode 6 (television episode), spoken by Philip J. Fry (Billy West), United States, via FOX, 1ACV06:

     “One jillion dollars!”

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:zillion.