Wordie: A Bazillion Imaginary Numbers: Comments

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:58:55 +0000

Thanks, Valse. I like "gobs" too, although it always puts me in mind of a gluelike substance. :-)

Comment by Valse, about 1 year ago

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:54:15 +0000

Wonderful list. I'm not sure why, but I like the expression "gobs of money." Perhaps it's the imagery, like with "wads" or "scads," which are are also probably most often used with money--as people are wont to daydream about such intangible desirable things.

...not to mention when it becomes tangible and the same words apply, heh..albeit less effectively, in my mind.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:45:03 +0000

It's from a Dilbert comic strip, although I don't remember seeing/reading it. I read about the word elsewhere.

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:07:01 +0000

Is "frooglepoopillion" just a made-up or have you heard it used or used it yourself?

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:49:29 +0000

That's the way I've always understood it too, jennarenn. Seanahan, have you heard this used to mean "zillions" or such?

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:18:39 +0000

I think of zounds as an exclaimation, not as an adjective.

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:37:51 +0000

As long as you are including words which don't have illion in them, how about zounds.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:40:34 +0000

Haha! Excellent story! As for umpty-umpth, that's how I first heard that word myself.

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:31:04 +0000

This is a great list, and enlightening. I am going to add umpty-umpth to my words, because I particulary like it as an ordinal.

I like infinity minus one a lot too, U. It reminds me of the old joke about the natural history museum docent. Asked how old a particular fossil was, he said "Two million and twenty one years." As explanation for such a precise number, he explained that when he started working there 21 years ago, it was two million years old.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:12:34 +0000

You're right. So I shall pick and choose as I see fit.

Because I said so, that's why. ;-)

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:32:07 +0000

Actually, there's a wad of variants on the load theme... boatload, crapload, truckload, mother lode, buttload. There are probably buckets more that I can't remember at the moment. Tons more, even.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:47:12 +0000

Hmm...think it sounds slang-y enough?

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:34:28 +0000

plethora?

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:22:20 +0000

Heehee. Thanks, all.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:00:32 +0000

Indeed, you've got a boatload of them. Piles of words. Bordering on, perhaps, infinity minus one.

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:47:33 +0000

What a lovely slew of words!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:42:32 +0000

And welcome to it!

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:19:45 +0000

Ooo! I love scads! Stolen. :)