18 million

[gwynhefar]

Does anyone else use this particular number to denote a large (but exaggeratedly so) number or amount? I think it's a family thing, I'm pretty sure I've heard my mother use it. But it tends to be what comes out when I'm complaining: "I've got 18 million things to do this weekend", or more recently "I've got 18 million medical issues to discuss once I finally get a doctor".

The intended impression is that yes, whatever it is is a lot, but I'm purposefully exaggerating for effect. The other number I occasionally use is "a million and a half", but I use "18 million" much more often.

Wonder if it's a regional thing?

Comments

[fiercerose.livejournal.com]

A hojillion. Or sometimes a hundred million :)

[silme.livejournal.com]

I tend to go with 20 million. Seriously.

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

I've actually heard people say 20 million before. I'm just wondering where I got the 18 from. It's an odd number to use.

[puddock.livejournal.com]

My mum always says she has "a hundred and one things to do today". I normaly say a hundred million things.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

I use either "forty million" or " a gazillion".

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

Sounds a lot like "umpteen million."

[carocrow.livejournal.com]

A hundred, upteen hundred, a thousand, a zillion or a gazillion.

But never heard 18 million. You'll have to ask!

[harkalark.livejournal.com]

A metric ass-load.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

I often use eight million. :)

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

I've got like a million and one things to do today
or.. twenty million things to do