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Why Dictionary.com chose piffle
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- First recorded in 1840–50.
- Perhaps akin to puff.
EXAMPLES OF PIFFLE
- Stop talking such piffle and focus on the facts!
- His argument was full of piffle — no one took it seriously.
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googol
noun
a number that is equal to 1 followed by 100 zeros
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Why Dictionary.com chose googol
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- First recorded in 1935–40.
- Introduced by U.S. mathematician Edward Kasner (1878–1955), whose nine-year-old nephew allegedly invented it.
- Inspiration for the famous Google search engine.
EXAMPLES OF GOOGOL
- The concept of a googol stretches the limits of human imagination, illustrating the vastness of numbers.
- She joked that it would take a googol of years to finish all the chores on her list.
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