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Centipede = 100 legs Etymology is more complicated than "look up the prefix in the metric system tables", and OP is correct about the definition of centimillio
by lolinder 3y ago
Centipede = 100 legs
Etymology is more complicated than "look up the prefix in the metric system tables", and OP is correct about the definition of centimillionaire.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/centimillionaire https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/centimillionaire
- PhasmaFelis 3y agoI know it is a word people use, and "centi-" is ambiguous without no context, but it's extremely unambiguous in the context of units of measure, and the word "hundred-millionaire" already existed and had the same number of syllables, so it's a really awkward choice.
- a_gnostic 3y agoCentipede is Entomology
- rglynn 3y agoBrilliant, I laughed out loud