Why do people say Bajillion?
Matthew Wilson
Published Mar 08, 2026
Why do people say Bajillion?
Words with the suffix -illion (e.g. zillion, gazillion, jillion, bajillion, squillion, and others) are often used as informal names for unspecified large numbers by analogy to names of large numbers such as million (106), billion (109) and trillion (1012).
Is Bajillion a real thing?
There is no such number as a ‘bajillion,’ so it is not a real number.
What does the word gazillion mean?
Definition of gazillion : a huge, unspecified number : zillion According to William Miller, Jr., VMD, a professor of dermatology at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, there are “gazillions” of different types of fungi existing in nature, including molds, yeasts, mildews and so forth.
What is an Octillion equal?
Definition of octillion US : a number equal to 1 followed by 27 zeros — see Table of Numbers also, British : a number equal to 1 followed by 48 zeros — see Table of Numbers.
Is Kajillion a real number?
(slang, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).
Is bazillion an actual number?
A bazillion is an unspecified and exaggerated number. While it is not a true ordinal or counting number because it is not a specific quantity, we can…
How much is a kajillion?
Does gazillion exist?
If you have an enormous, indefinite number of things, you can say you have a gazillion. Like zillion and jillion, gazillion is a made-up word meaning “a whole bunch” that’s modeled after actual numbers such as million and billion.
Is a billion or trillion bigger?
A trillion is 1,000,000,000,000, also known as 10 to the 12th power, or one million million. A trillion is bigger than a million, more than a billion, it’s 1,000,000,000,000 (and even or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 in some countries).
How much money is a gazillion dollars?
Like zillion and jillion, gazillion is a made-up word meaning “a whole bunch” that’s modeled after actual numbers such as million and billion.
What’s the biggest number?
The number googol is a one with a hundred zeros. It got its name from a nine-year old boy. A googol is more than all the hairs in the world. It’s more than all the grass blades and all the grains of sand.
How many trillions are in a octillion?
Trillion, the next number, is a 1 with twelve zeros after it, or: 1,000,000,000,000….Names of Large Numbers.
| Name | Number |
|---|---|
| Sextillion | 1 x 10 21 |
| Septillion | 1 x 10 24 |
| Octillion | 1 x 10 27 |
| Nonillion | 1 x 10 30 |