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> billionaire is sometimes used as a stand-in for "the superrich" wait. doesn't that basically work? if you're a billionaire, you are super rich. if you're sup
by HillaryBriss 9y ago
> billionaire is sometimes used as a stand-in for "the superrich"
wait. doesn't that basically work? if you're a billionaire, you are super rich. if you're super rich and you're not a billionaire, are you really super rich?
i don't quite get your point there.
- hasbroslasher 9y agoFor instance, you could own or have inherited (or even work for) a business that generates you $1 million in income every year - this puts you in the 99% income percentile. You certainly don't have a massive fortune saved up, just a modest $300 million. By all means you are "super rich" compared to the average human but you're not a billionaire. Debating definitions is bad, can we not? TL;DR figurative language sometimes doesn't follow definitions exactly