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gorillion

Rhymes with -ɪljən

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From gorilla (arbitrary, used for sound) + -illion.

noun gorillions

excessive, humorous, slang, sometimes An unspecified large number (of). The sum of one million dollars seems more randomly absurd than unjust, piddling, or anything else you can come up with to describe a punishment for the Fiesta's corruption. It might as well have been one billion, or one gorillion dollars. The sum isn't important.
Similar: babillion, bajillion, bazillion, billion, bizillion, dillion, fafillion, fucktillion, gabillion, gabrillion, gadzillion, gagillion

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@misc{gorillion_2026,
  title = {gorillion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gorillion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}