Indefinite and fictitious numbers

Indefinite and fictitious numbers are words, phrases and quantities used to describe an indefinite size, used for comic effect, for exaggeration, as placeholder names, or when precision is unnecessary or undesirable. Other descriptions of this concept include: "non-numerical vague quantifier"[1] and "indefinite hyperbolic numerals".[2]

  1. ^ "Bags of Talent, a Touch of Panic, and a Bit of Luck: The Case of Non-Numerical Vague Quantifiers" from Linguista Pragensia, Nov. 2, 2010 Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today
  2. ^ "The surprising history of indefinite hyperbolic numerals - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

Indefinite and fictitious numbers

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