googillion

English

Etymology

googol +‎ -illion, which would imply a very large power of ten.

Noun

googillion (plural googillions)

1. (informal, hyperbolic) An indefinitely large number.
   • 1996 February 18, John Carl Pryor, “Re: A New Theory of Free Will -- continuation of an Open Letter to Professor Penrose”, alt.philosophy.objectivism, alt.sci.physics.new-theories, sci.physics, comp.ai, comp.ai.philosophy, sci.philosophy.meta, alt.memetics, and alt.extropians, Usenet

     Thus what measurement outside of time and space do we use to measure time and space themselves? […] And what man can possibly project his mind beyond all space and time to make an objective measure and pronounce, "the universe is a googillion years old".

   • 1998 October 8, Noah Roberts, “Re: Can a^{[sic – meaning an]} HTML page run a program and pas^{[sic – meaning pass]} instruction to this program.”, in comp.lang.c (Usenet):

     So, if this is what your^{[sic – meaning you're]} trying to do, do a web search on CGI and read on^{[sic – meaning one]} of the googillion tutorials on the subject.

   • 2000 March 27, Marian Buchanan, “Re: how can I get path animation to work with Align Layer and Position Layer?”, in macromedia.dreamweaver (Usenet):

     Thanks a googillion

   • 2006 August 1, Lynn Irwin, from webforumsuser@macromedia.com, “Re: Flash 8 Video Encoder problems”, macromedia.flash, Usenet

     That makes no sense whatsoever. How can my googillion attempts be failing?

   • 2007 January 7, Gary Collard, “Re: Odds to win Super Bowl XLI -- January 3, 2007 ...”, alt.sports.football.pro.ny-giants, alt.sports.football.pro.ny-jets, and rec.gambling.sports, Usenet

     One googillion to one.

Synonyms

• (indefinitely large number): See also Thesaurus:zillion.