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From: David Wilson

To: Math Fun

Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:15 PM

Subject: [math-fun] googol = ?

What would be the proper name for a googol?  The biggest zillion I know is

10^63 = 1 vigintillion = 1 20-zillion, this means that a googol is 10 32-zillion,

but I don't know what a 32-zillion is properly called, if it has a name.

 

My suggestion for filling the name gap is to do away with long Latinate names:

 

10^66 = sation (for satan, or 666)

10^69 = suckion (don't ask)

10^72 = fiffion ("fifth" of a circle)

10^75 = quation (for three-quarters)

10^78 = borion (boring number)

10^81 = squarion

10^84 = barfion (84 is kind of a barfy number)

10^87 = irtion (for a stop on the IRT, if there is one there)

10^90 = oldion (the beginning of old age)

10^93 = bummion (bummed that I can't think of a better name)

10^96 = funnion (for math-fun)

10^99 = goolion (as close as we can get to googol)