gazillion

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Yes, gazillion is the technical term for too many stars to count.

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  1. noun Informal An indefinitely large number: "The crowd cheered wildly . . . as gazillions of balloons poured down from the rafters” (Tom Shales).

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  • Yes, gazillion is the technical term for too many stars to count. —  ProHipHop: Hip Hop Business
  • Building and maintaining all the gundams that get destroyed in this game would probably put the world's economy in a multi-gazillion dollar deficit. —  Blogrunner
  • Why I asked my mother her name a gazillion times, I do not know. —  Simple Pleasures
  • "Now I can see a gazillion (patients) in an hour," Bruce said laughing, "because I'm (that) good." —  Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
  • I expect the Obama and McCain dolls to elicit a lot of bids, but the Palin doll should sell for a gazillion dollars. —  American Chronicle
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  1. On the model of million, billion, etc.
 

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