Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ZILLION
zillion
(adjective) very large indeterminate number; “a zillion people were there”
million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion, bazillion
(noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); “there were millions of flies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
zillion (plural zillions)
(slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of); a gazillion.
Synonyms
• (unspecified large number): See also zillion.
Source: Wiktionary
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