gazillionaire

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English

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Etymology

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From gazillion +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gazillionaire (plural gazillionaires)

  1. (humorous, slang) An incredibly rich person.
    • 2020 May 7, Sophie Gilbert, “'Upload' Satirizes a Capitalist Heaven”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      The extent to which Lakeview is a for-profit undertaking becomes clearer when Nathan meets David Choak (the inspiration for whom is also easily guessable), a gazillionaire magnate who “influenced American politics for a generation” and who now spends his fortune in the afterlife on black-rhino burgers and endangered-parrot sandwiches.

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