What's your over exaggeration number? And what are the classic British examples?

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henrycharleschester@reddit

My son fixated on the year 1962 for his reference to anything using time. No idea why 🤷‍♀️ eg “That milks been in the fridge since 1962”

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Easyrider0903@reddit

Ha I’ve a got a child who does this. But theirs is 1987. ‘Oh when was that popular? 1987?’ ‘It’s not 1987, we have colour tv now’ ‘that chicken tastes like it died in 1987’.

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dunder_mifflinsales@reddit

Probably watched too much five nights at Freddy 💀☠️

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SmooshieBoo@reddit

It's been there since 19 nought plonk in our house.

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Artemis_8445@reddit

"Nineteen Canteen" was a favourite of my grans

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anxious_mess2@reddit

my brother says the same but his is 1066 lmao

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herwiththepurplehair@reddit

My nanna always used "1900 and a bottle of milk" to mean years ago. No idea why!

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ApprehensiveHippo365@reddit

I always use 1922. There was a reason but I can’t remember what it is now

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I quote Ozzy Osbourne who once said in an interview ‘I’ve got a number one record in Europe, and I haven’t toured Europe since Hitler died’. So when exaggerating time I ‘borrow that’.. ‘It’s been broke/that way since Hitler died’ ‘I have seen xxxx since Hitler died’ Etc. Funnily no one ever picks up on it considering it’s a pretty left of field saying 🤷‍♂️

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Ravenser_Odd@reddit

midjourney prompt: "You are a photographer following Black Sabbath on tour round Europe in the 1930s."

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BigResponsibility252@reddit

I honestly have no idea why, but I've started using "since Noah built that big boat".

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Artemis_8445@reddit

1922 for me 😂

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-Lemoncholy-@reddit

Nineteen canteen

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TollemacheTollemache@reddit

We say "since the year dot"

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TheRealJetlag@reddit

My husband always uses 1973

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Objective-Winter7449@reddit

"same old suit since 1962..."

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Party-Independent-25@reddit

Same old jokes since nineteen two…

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Apple2727@reddit

I want to go home, I don’t want to stay…

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mizzamscholes@reddit

Doing the military two step down the knape of my neck

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magical_matey@reddit

Was a good year for exaggeration

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LockUnlucky7260@reddit

If someone asks me how long I'm gonna be ill say how long I'm gonna be and 32 seconds (eg ueah ill be there in about 20 minutes and 32 seconds) and also yes, I did steal this joke from my dad 🧍‍♀️

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Proof-Following-7999@reddit

I've known a few people get older over the years and when their birthday comes around... '23 again!'

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TheFluffyDovah@reddit

Over 9000

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ImmediateSomewhere88@reddit

Eleventy-three?

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fbichungus@reddit

my family uses a million and one things to do and if someone's young they look 12

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mightysmiter19@reddit

50. Usually anyway but it really depends on the situation.

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ThatZephyrGuy@reddit

Biggest number I can think of (Jeremy Clarkson style) for me I.e "Oh my boss has left me eighteen quadrillion things to do"

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Gullible_Wind_3777@reddit

When you see a younger kid, and somehow think ‘ they’re like 12’ lol My exaggerated number would be ‘millions’ don’t actually say a number lol. And a saying iv heard and still ugly laugh at is ‘ it’s as rare as rocking horse shit ‘

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MJS29@reddit

Came to post exactly this about the “like 12” comment 😂

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MumbleSnix@reddit

Yes - 12 for young and if it’s someone old (OAP) they’re 112!

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FreekyDeep@reddit

6 if I'm describing a police officer or the latest gp at my surgery (I'm 50. He introduced himself as Dr Dean and needed to pull his fucking trousers up!) Anything else, it's 3. Not very high but seems I say it a lot

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sun_on_my_side@reddit

This made me chuckle, GP I used to work with wore orange uggs and skinny jeans to try and 'connect' with his patients. He was a bit top heavy shall we say and looked like a little egg on legs bless him

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soulsbn@reddit

Was he called dr Ivo “egg man” robotnik?

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sun_on_my_side@reddit

Haha! No but I will think of him as that from now on lol

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Bootglass1@reddit

As I’ve aged skinny jeans have gone right out, otherwise I look like a human toffee apple

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sun_on_my_side@reddit

Same! With each year they were getting higher waisted and my waist was getting rounder - not a good look!

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FreekyDeep@reddit

Dr Dean wore jeans so tight, I'm surprised he could sit down. He didn't install much confidence in me when I asked him for meds and he didn't have a clue what I wanted. Then I asked for morphine and he panicked. Went running for the senior partner (who popped his head round the door, said "Hi FreekyDeep" and then told him to prescribe EVERYTHING I asked for) Haven't seen him since. I'm on first name terms with the senior partner so usually ask for him

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sun_on_my_side@reddit

Whether someone can shave/grow a beard is my time-based exaggeration!

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useittilitbreaks@reddit

I usually go the whole hog and say "billions" of something for extra comedic effect.

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docmagoo2@reddit

My father uses the phrase “rare as rocking horse shit from china” fairly frequently. Always makes me chuckle too

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EasySignature179@reddit

Just came here to say that, anyone that looks younger or young for their age, “they look about 12”

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Nonbinary_Cryptid@reddit

There is actually an academic paper on the choice of 12 as an age we pick to describe someone. I think that it ended up.concluding that 13 is a teenager and so is 19 which is more relatable, but 12 is still a child... I could have imagined this whole thing though!

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ZwnD@reddit

Also it sounds punchy with just one syllable if you're going for comedic effect

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caroline0409@reddit

I don’t know Basil, perhaps she’s twelve?

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Then-Significance-74@reddit

Came to say the same thing too! ha!

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Reasonable-Phase-681@reddit

A comedian did a bit on this but I can’t find it anymore. Like the number 12 appears all the time. Months in a year, 12 disciples, inches in a foot. Number of hours on a clock etc.

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Bubbly-Goose-@reddit

My 4yo uses "Fifty hundred" 😂 That rocking horse one just creased me 😂😂😂

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Civil-Database8133@reddit

My 4 year old says “sixty hundred” 😂 how funny !

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AlgaeFew8512@reddit

Mine uses "10 hundred and one", or "a million and a hundred and one". Always needs that extra one on the end. He's also recently learnt infinity so it's sometimes "infinity and one" or "10 times infinity and one"

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Bubbly-Goose-@reddit

Oh yeah infinity! Mines been using "infinity hundred" too 😂 I love the way they throw together random big numbers they know 😂 I love the need to add that extra 1 😂

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kin3ticwave@reddit

Lol I like "higher than giraffe pussy"

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AlgaeFew8512@reddit

It's always 12 for young people

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King_Ralph1@reddit

Is that more rare than hen’s teeth?

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Snooker1471@reddit

Conversely I was a very young looking 18yo and one of the funniest one liners aimed at me was....He looks like a big 11 lol....A bouncer at a club and I was let in lol

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touhatos@reddit

french canadian version of this is "as rare as pope shit". albeit, less rare than rocking horse shit!

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Ryuma666@reddit

76000 is my go to number!

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Zealousideal_Seat815@reddit

“A billion” or “13 thousand” seem to come out of my mouth and I don’t know why

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IhearClemFandango@reddit

Mother in law was trying to convey how busy a new shop opening in the high street was - "I've never seen so many people before trying to get in, there must've been... twelve."

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SooperFunk@reddit

3 😁 It's usually only 2, never just 1 though that's just straight up lying 🤥

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gary_the_merciless@reddit

I've always said 17 too, I must have got it from somewhere

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Apprehensive_Link_30@reddit

For some reason Arabs tend to use ‘16’ and ‘60’ quite a lot. E.g. 16 thousand times, 60 million times

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dangerbaker@reddit

Or for amounts - "a metric fuck-ton"

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dangerbaker@reddit

"at least seven"

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externalforces34@reddit

7 or 12 for me lol

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double-happiness@reddit

Two-tee-two. Eleventeen.

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codeduck@reddit

11 or "over 9000"

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JubesWhat@reddit

97. Always…

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EmiAndTheDesertCrow@reddit

Whenever my friend does a favour for anyone he says “that’ll be 12 quid”. No idea why, but I’ve told him he needs to start taking inflation into account!

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Hazz3r@reddit

'hundreds if not thousands'

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ajd_123@reddit

This is so crazy because I use both 17 and 42 because they’re the most random numbers in my mind

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Saucy-ai-girls@reddit

Famous quote from the Young Ones (British anarchic comedy from the 80s)... "I've told you a million times, do not exaggerate!"

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EdSheeransLeftSock@reddit

Squillion-billion.

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melijoray@reddit

We once had a long discussion over which is more, a fuck ton, or a shit load.

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ExaminationFine1945@reddit

What about a shit tonne?

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PeMu80@reddit

I use the phrase “a metric fuck tonne”. The specificity followed by nonsense amuses me.

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Necro_Badger@reddit

I intersperse it with "imperial fuck ton" or "nautical shitload" for a bit of variety

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TomCorsair@reddit

Fuck ton is more than a shit load. I’m certain of it

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kackers643259@reddit

I'm also in the fuckton > shitload camp, shitloads is like in the tens to hundreds of thousand and fuckton is well into the millions and above

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sickdoughnut@reddit

it definitely is

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theProffPuzzleCode@reddit

Agreed a million percent

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Kitchen_Part_882@reddit

Where I'm from we use metric crap tons!

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melijoray@reddit

Where does that fit in the sweary calibration?

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Kitchen_Part_882@reddit

Well, there is the "metric fuckload" but my daughter was watching me post the last...

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DutchOfBurdock@reddit

Umpteen. It's an arbitrary number that sounds low, but can also mean stupidly high.

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ExaminationFine1945@reddit

1 million and 3

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Op-ArtProject@reddit

1 thing to do = “40 fucking things to do”

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mrthreebears@reddit

87. It's the age Aragorn ii was when he became the High King of Gondor and Arnor NERRRRD!

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Mumu_ancient@reddit

My wife uses 4 billion. Constantly. She's a very dramatic person.

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Ryderman1231@reddit

12, I think because a few cartoons use it for jokes

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zeek609@reddit

Everyone that has more than two kids has 47 kids. I have three boys so I'm at home with 47 kids. Dunno why 🤷‍♂️

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sakaaran_korg@reddit

Ten because of that one Patrick moment in the mattress store

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Ok_Cobbler_8889@reddit

I dunno about fifteen thousand

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dylsky_@reddit

I default to ~80 a lot. Dunno why. ”I’ve done it about 84 fuckin’ times.” The cursing is usually important.

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Extreme-Kangaroo-842@reddit

"I've told you a million times, do not exaggerate" (P)Rik.

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ej123456789123@reddit

"I myself have 3 pairs of socks and 3 pairs of knickers. So I've only worn them...... 272 times since last wash day!"

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ghostlight1969@reddit

Right, this calls for a very subtle blend of psychology and extreme violence. “Oh lardy-da, look what I’ve got in my laundry bag: all of Felicity Kendall’s underwear, that needs a good wash!”

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Scorpiodancer123@reddit

Hi Dad!

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Visual_Jump_3585@reddit

A million percent!

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TuTu_TuTu@reddit

Eleventy hundred

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Dramoriga@reddit

Shiti Patel haha

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grey-skies171@reddit

Alright, dad. Didn't know you used reddit

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JohnnyJokers-10@reddit

Elevnty five, fourty twelve

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Darthblaker7474@reddit

That's Numberwang!

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clazidge@reddit

Shinty six!

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Forum_Lurker42@reddit

Das ist nümberwang

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thesaharadesert@reddit

Rotate the board!

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ExcitementKooky418@reddit

That's Wangernumb

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swungover264@reddit

I like eleventy billion.

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nats4756@reddit

I use eleventy billion

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Cold_Table8497@reddit

Eleventeen.

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HeroicHeroOfHeroes@reddit

47. Usually said in a strong yorkshire accent that I do not possess.

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wuspinio@reddit

20 million is my exaggeration number. Although my phrase is “I’ve told you a hundred million billion times, never to exaggerate!”.

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re_Claire@reddit

5000 is my mums number and I inherited from her. 500 if I’m being *slightly* less facetious.

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BanditKing99@reddit

10,000 nothing less

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BulletproofBean@reddit

20 billion. Yes Susan, I did answer 20 billion fucking emails today, prove that I didn’t!

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MrJogihb@reddit

Mines kind of the opposite, if I want to exaggerate how quick something is happening I'll say it took eleven seconds

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SpiritedStatement577@reddit

I use 17!! when in fact it could be just a 2 or 3. and I often wonder why that number, it just rolls off the tongue but why.

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DuncRed@reddit

*gazintybillion* More than one. Proabably quite a lot more.

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No-Captain-4001@reddit

137 is how may times I have told you. A gajillion is the very big number. 12 is the actual age of everyone under 45. 10 is how many thumbs a clumsy person has 2 is the number of left legs I have, or when dancing might be 3. Half past half an hour ago means i want you to do it now and i have been waiting some time for you to respond, and now you ask when I want it done?!. A ton is heavy, a metric fuckton is very heavy indeed. IQ is not measured in numbers, but in how many sandwiches ( 17. again) short of a picnic, or where they wouldn't even be the sharpest knife, ( eg wouldn't be the sharpest knife in a box of spoons.) An electron microscope is sometimes required to see how much I care.

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BearMcBearFace@reddit

My wife will always use 723 as her go to.

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ownworstenemy38@reddit

15,000,000,000 for me Don't know why. I've probably said it around 15,000,000,000 times and it's just stuck.

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Tibs_red@reddit

72 is my go to ridiculous number. I didn't know other people had one. Lol

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AdministrativeElk516@reddit

Mine is also 72!

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Tibs_red@reddit

Yay!

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Tom_D_Tuition@reddit

Nineteen. As in "sorry, can't stop to chat, I've got like 19 different things to do today".

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thesaharadesert@reddit

Twelvety for smaller numbers (credit to The League of Gentlemen). Eleventy billion for larger numbers. Weight measurements are in fucktonnes, no matter how small or large the quantity. Dates are the twelfth of Nevruary (occurs a lot thanks to my job) Time is hair past freckle, while looking at my wrist clearly bereft of any kind of timepiece

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The_Boz_Boz@reddit

I'll do it on the 13th hour of the 13th day of the 13th month.

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BigResponsibility252@reddit

I just use boring old 30th of February if I want to tell someone never

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Unl0vableDarkness@reddit

Mines the 12th of Julember

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King_Ralph1@reddit

The twelfth of Nevuary - is that on the second Tuesday of next week?

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Ledzebra@reddit

The second Tuesday of next week is amazing thank you for this

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SASdude123@reddit

No no no, it's TWO hairs past a freckle. Extra points if you're wearing a watch

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testyhedgehog@reddit

Lol I say twenty twelve

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SpudGun_262@reddit

If anyone is old, they’re ninety ten. For example, “I hate going to M&S, everyone in there is about ninety ten”

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No_Tonight2356@reddit

A trillion

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WoodSteelStone@reddit

[Billions - the orange one's favourite...](https://youtu.be/u_aLESDql1U)

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fourlegsfaster@reddit

That's the worstest thing I've seen in yonks

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WoodSteelStone@reddit

[Try this then.](https://youtu.be/5GqJna9hpTE)

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fourlegsfaster@reddit

The horror. The horror. Two! Within microseconds!

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Forum_Lurker42@reddit

That man is nothing if not consistent

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Embarrassed-Piano576@reddit

93

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ForMrKite@reddit

40 Million. No idea why

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TalynRahl@reddit

My favourite one, from when I was younger, pre learning to drive. Any time we had to walk anywhere, that was further away that about 10 mins we’d call it “A fuckin pilgrimage.”

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Curlywurrly23@reddit

Always been ‘40 million’ in our family ‘Seen that film about 40 million times’ etc My mums always said it, caught myself saying it about 40 million times as well

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bikky73@reddit

I have millions of examples. Well sort of I've told you a million times. Or 42 is a good one. I love 42, it's a good answer but then I like to pick some random 100's like I dropped 137 bolts on the floor that scattered everywhere.

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SoundProud9053@reddit

“It’s over 9000” is delightfully added into many exaggerated sentences. Prince of all exaggerations.

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meinnitbruva@reddit

My dad always says 30 12, not 3012 but two seperate numbers 30 and 12. So he says things like 'I've asked you 30 12 times'

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Locoshah@reddit

100 million

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greenhairedgal@reddit

My kids exaggeration phrase was always "millions and gillions"

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I-Spot-Dalmatians@reddit

Mines probably 53, never really thought about it before but 53 just seems right

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_Jaquen_Hgar_@reddit

Bazillion

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HummingBridges@reddit

"Over 9000" while squinting one eye.

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JDNM@reddit

I find 17 works in most situations, there’s just something about it that sounds sarcastic.

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uncouthcollective@reddit

About 50 11 times

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robertodurian@reddit

“19 canteen” is a popular one when talking about the age of something.

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robertodurian@reddit

An old manager I had years ago was fond of the expression “a c^^n’s age” (as in raccoon).

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Shanobian@reddit

My manager told me for the millionth time to stop exaggerating

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Mandala1069@reddit

Those are low ball exaggeration numbers. Make it a billion or don't bother.

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AlGunner@reddit

42 is from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

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Scared_Cauliflower87@reddit

I always use 50,000...never thought of it before. Also if something is taking/has taken ages I'll say it 'takes/took about 3 years' e.g well I went to collect from the printer but it took about 3 years to print!

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Sidey87@reddit

If it’s money - 64,000 Ugandan dollars sir.

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MsUncleare@reddit

For some reason my brain seems to love the number 32. The turning circle in my car is shite so I never say I did a 3 point turn, I say I did a 32 point turn. And if I'm moaning that my chap hasn't done something I've always asked him '32 thousand times.' I don't know why.

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Pornaltio@reddit

Eighty-five billion. When it comes to hyperbole I go big or go home.

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jaycakes30@reddit

I use 17000 more often than I should.

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No-Blood-7274@reddit

I think the term over exaggerate is an over exaggeration.

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nineteenthly@reddit

23 million.

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thisistom2@reddit

I think 1000 is a fairly common one that I use a lot “I asked like 1000 times”

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v2marshall@reddit

Over 9000

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SpecialUnitt@reddit

75 millionty billion

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woollyyellowduck@reddit

The phrase "*over* exaggeration" is an example of tautology. The word "exaggeration" suffices.

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blackjellybeansrule@reddit

Irregardless, what’s your number?

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woollyyellowduck@reddit

Did you know that, because of all the fucknuts using that word, it's made its way into the Google dictionary?

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SASdude123@reddit

Found him!

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hyacinthhall@reddit

I have been scrolling to find this comment! I can't stand hearing/seeing it.

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Select_Sun_3354@reddit

Metric fucktonne

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Scorpiodancer123@reddit

Yes. Because a fuck tonne just isn't enough.

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Qabbalah@reddit

Is it bigger than a shitload though?

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Scorpiodancer123@reddit

Ooh good point. Definitely more than a crap load.

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Qabbalah@reddit

Which is in turn more than a shedload.

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SASdude123@reddit

Even though it's more. I love it

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Professional-Deer-50@reddit

In Glasgow (not sure about the rest of Scotland or the UK), there is a saying "nineteen canteen" to imply something happened a long time ago or has been happening for a long time. So, for example, "that happened in nineteen canteen" or "he has had that car since nineteen canteen".

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echo588@reddit

99.999 times out of 10. Quick mafs

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Qabbalah@reddit

Reminds me of a friend of mine who says everything that's not absolutely certain, but he wants to convey as having a good chance of happening is "99.99%" certain to happen.

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notsosecrethistory@reddit

Man's not hot!

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ogara1993@reddit

Anyone younger is “like 10” Money related is usually “like a billion quid” But I also use 37 a lot

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SkullFaceMermaid@reddit

56. Ish

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creamteapioneer@reddit

Same!

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creamteapioneer@reddit

I use 56 or 56 million generally. No idea why.

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futurehead22@reddit

Infinity billion, it's objectively the best number

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Careful-Increase-773@reddit

8 million

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Bagheera187@reddit

I use 50,000. I think it is hysterically funny, but nobody else does!

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Tight-Context9426@reddit

10,000 for me

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Loose_Acanthaceae201@reddit

Squillion. Or, for emphasis, eighty-five squillion.

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TollemacheTollemache@reddit

I do the same, but with squazillion

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Cap-in-cloud@reddit

I like besquillion

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Ihatemintsauce@reddit

'11 billionty'

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Beer_and_whisky@reddit

6 million

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Mander_Em@reddit

227. No clue why. I've thought about is 227 times and really don't know.

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twiglet21@reddit

Oh, for the millionth time, stop exaggerating.

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AllyBrat69@reddit

I use 12 for people younger. "You're like 12" or 17 million for over exaggerations. Lol

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rachelm791@reddit

I told you a million times, do not exagerate

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Itchy_Ad_1976@reddit

Anything I can start with ‘Fotty’. Usually ‘Fotty thousand’.

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eternitytyun@reddit

i say 1200 (“twelve hundred”) for no good reason. just easy to say i suppose

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AgentSears@reddit

333

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MouseEmotional813@reddit

50,000

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TheInvisibleWun@reddit

I say billions..I'm quite wild. Hahaha 🤣

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zonaa20991@reddit

My go to is 83. Haven’t got a clue why

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tattooarms@reddit

For my mother it was always 6, if we asked her for something she definitely wasn't gonna get she'd say "sure let's get 6"

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uskgl455@reddit

47. Inherited it from my dad

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Bravo1781@reddit

Eleventy-billion. I don’t fuck around.

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IntereestinglyEextra@reddit

27. Or if I'm really worked up, two hundred bloody thousand.

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cheesywhatsit@reddit

27 for me too, then I became aware I was doing it and kept trying to use different numbers but then my sentence doesn’t flow coz I’m thinking “don’t say 27 again”. Now I know everyone has a number I won’t try, but I’ll be looking out for what other people say!

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Aallllrightythen@reddit

Eleventy-seven.

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BickyLC@reddit

Hey OP, i say 17 too!! It has a nice ring to it

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thekooges@reddit

Lol...362 million. I say it when I'm talking about something dumb like, "why are there 362 million cups on the damn counter!" There's two.

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The96kHz@reddit

"Half a billion". I like a good hyperbole.

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potter875@reddit

42

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TheeKrakken@reddit

Rik - "I've told you a million times... DO NOT EXAGGERATE!"

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kathiom@reddit

Forty eleven. But I'm an expat

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jumperwalrus@reddit

I usually go for fifty or 5,000,000,000

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peachie_bongo@reddit

I say something high but not the highest, like maybe a thousand or 1,000 and 8,000.

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geraltsthiccass@reddit

One I used in a comment earlier was 40 million when talking about the number of questions I had to ask customers in my old job.

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kackers643259@reddit

Weirdly enough i also commonly gravitate towards 44 I also use 8 billion all the time if i need something just absurdly large

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kackers643259@reddit

For age? I typically go somewhere in the 80s but I don't have a go to specifically, if i need to imply someone is absolutely ancient I'm going for like 200

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Aphr0dite19@reddit

Eleventy billion. I don’t know why….

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Qyro@reddit

I always fall back on “12” as it works both as a ridiculously small number and a ridiculously large number, context depending, but also has a weird quality of comedy value to it.

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Relative-Dinner7727@reddit

I can't possibly answer, because I have 47 things I should be doing. I also use many to describe many things - anything from 3 up to many millions of things. There are a surprising number of proffessional people (Drs, police, dentists etc) who are "about 12" because I am apparently turning into an old lady already too.

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Issui@reddit

Over 9000.

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Topaz_UK@reddit

iiiiiit’s.. 1006. Kick his ass, Nappa

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pufballcat@reddit

It's 9 million. Actually it's only 3,000, but obviously I had to exaggerate it by 3,000

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LPL09@reddit

I always say 8 million so good to know there's somebody roughly as random lol

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Gimmebooksandcoffee@reddit

Mines 60 million 😂

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LadyGoldberryRiver@reddit

Mine is 8 million too!

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tealcs_emblem_indeed@reddit

Twelvty

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Delizabie@reddit

I always tell my dog she doesn’t need to take 7 years to sniff one spot.

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elpittom@reddit

Mine is and always has been 14. Not sure why, but everyone notices.

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Catzisme@reddit

5000, e.g I’ve looked 5000 times and I still can’t find it, or I’ve received 5000 emails whilst on leave. It’s so weird to hear others have a number!

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scarIetm@reddit

57 and I actually always go into it with the intention of switching it up but notice too late that I’ve said 57 once again

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handsome-michael@reddit

Depends, usual go to is ten million or ten billion

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cdbman@reddit

“He/she is like 12” is the only way the let people know that person is younger than you

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scarIetm@reddit

12 every time, so glad this is being spoken about

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CrimpsShootsandRuns@reddit

I feel like that's universal!

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UruquianLilac@reddit

It really isn't though. I don't know any other language/culture that uses specifically 12.

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Bubbly-Goose-@reddit

My partner is 2 years younger than me and on his 21st birthday I got the right candles but put them in the wrong order 🤭 it's always been "yeah but your 12 so..."

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brit953@reddit

Deliberately or accidentally put them in the wrong order ?

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Bubbly-Goose-@reddit

Oh deliberately of course 😁

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brit953@reddit

Oh dear, i hope you enjoy your 42nd birthday later this year 😁

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Bubbly-Goose-@reddit

This was a few years ago, it'll be 82 this year 👵

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brit953@reddit

Ok, congratulations. So did you end up with two 42 year birthday cakes ?

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helloquail@reddit

I say "they're basically a fetus" a lot. For exaggerated numbers I think I'd use 12, 400 or "about a billion".

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ClawwsOrtem@reddit

5 or 50 thousand, million, whatever for anything

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Ledzebra@reddit

9 or 7, followed by thousand, billion. I will use centuries/decades for perceived lengths of time, especially waiting for a bus. I.e I've been waiting for 9 decades. On the other hand, I'll go the opposite. If its pissing it down with a howling gale I'll say its spitting. This reminds me. I had an ex who would make conversations with dog walkers whilst we walked our dog. If, for example, the other person had a huge German shepherd, he would say something like "what a nice chihuahua'. I recommend it for a laugh.

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bambean94@reddit

Eleventy thousand. My mum always said it and it stuck!

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SASdude123@reddit

It's in the 9s. 19, 99, 900. Something to do with the largest single digit number, maybe?

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BigResponsibility252@reddit

If anyone is taller than me, then they're 8 foot 10. Doesn't matter that you need only be 6 feet to be taller than me, you're 8 foot 10. Also working in web development, any network request that takes longer than a second is "about a week".

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Steel_and_Water83@reddit

Always thought 'thousands' packed a better punch than hundreds or millions. Because it's easily quantifiable and if you think about it in miles it just seems like the doable journey of a lifetime.

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cari-strat@reddit

Eleventy billion gets used a lot in our household.

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joe_whan_13@reddit

27

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thebigfil@reddit

I use Twelvety. I think it's from Tubs who works in the Local Shop in Royston Vasey.

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TwoComprehensive6632@reddit

'I haven't seen you for Donkeys ears'. 'When Adam was a boy...'

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ema_l_b@reddit

Anyone under 20 = 12 Anyone over the age of 60 = 90 Amount of things I have to do in a day = 400 If I feel like I've even slightly overeaten = "think I've just put on like 10 stone" If I have to walk to work and it's raining = it's like 10 miles away (it's a 25 minute walk) If I'm getting ready to go out = I'll be an hour (it's takes me 10 minutes) If I'm running late = be there in 10 (at least an hour) Amount of things I have going on in my head at any one time = a bajillion (half the time it doesn't feel like an exaggeration) Bonus one from my cat.. Not eaten for maybe a few hours and sat next to a full bowl of food? = scream like you're blind and not been fed for 3 years

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TwoComprehensive6632@reddit

If I've just had a poo... 'I've just lost half a stone.'

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Dansterai@reddit

87 is mine lol

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ricknice@reddit

I had a mate who used "nineteen-fuckoff" a lot, i.e. "Bloody hell, mate. I haven't seen you since nineteen fuckoff! How are ye?" Or "Nah, sound man. Take it. I've had it since nineteen-fuckoff and done nowt with it. Fill yer boots."

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gilwendeg@reddit

You don’t need to say ‘over’ with ‘exaggerate’. It’s redundant.

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LoadedGull@reddit

3 Life has been unkind.

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Imaginary-Hornet-397@reddit

I think "20000 and 1" might be my go to. Usually in the context of the amount of things I have to do on my never ending to do list.

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jodiiebritton@reddit

Dies 'fuck-tonne/shit-tonne" count?

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Murky_Practice5225@reddit

27 thousand was my mum’s thing when we were growing up. Eg you hit your head by accident and she’d tell you you’d lost 27000 brain cells!

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Unfair_Original_2536@reddit

37 is an inherently funny number. There are multiple examples. I'll say them, you guess the film or song. A: "I'm 37 I'm not old" B: "My girlfriend sucked 37 dicks" C: "You know what, Stan, if you want me to wear 37 pieces of flair, like your pretty boy over there, Brian, why don't you just make the minimum 37 pieces" D: "You're put down in her book You're number thirty-seven, have a look" E: "NINE MINUTES AND THIRTY-SEVEN SECONDS LATER"

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buck2217@reddit

B is Clerks C is Office Space

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buck2217@reddit

A is Monty Python and the holy grail

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chris_282@reddit

C is Jennifer Aniston in Office Space.

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Unfair_Original_2536@reddit

Correct

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chris_282@reddit

[37 pieces of flair.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7SNEdjftno)

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KezzaK2608@reddit

Why did I read E like the Spongebob Squarepants narrator? 🤔

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shabirdie@reddit

This is exactly what I do

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shaaaaaake@reddit

D is femme fatale :) is B clerks?

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Unfair_Original_2536@reddit

Excellent work

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old-red-paint@reddit

Over 9000

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miletest@reddit

Not exaggerating number more minimising figure. 4/5 of 5/8 of fuck all

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bulwynkl@reddit

17? cool. me too. Plus, if I'm asked to rate something, 7... then 'but I'm not telling you out of what'...

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CrazyMali@reddit

I’ve been over exaggerating how long things take but Didn’t know there was a name for this, so thanks…. have been doing this for dinosaur years….

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call_me_philips@reddit

40

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paprikapants@reddit

17 for me as well, weirdly

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Orange_Hedgie@reddit

Me too

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Cautious-Carrot-1111@reddit

Mine is 17 too! Just realised it’s the only ‘teen’ number with 3 syllables, maybe that’s why it is effective for exaggerating, sounds longer than the 2 syllable words. Or something.

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downthemuddyriver@reddit

I don’t think it’s that weird to use 17 as it’s the first truly ‘odd’ (i.e. unusual) number you get to. As in… it’s not single digit, it’s prime so has no divisors, it’s not a number repeated (11) and it hasn’t got a specific association (unlucky 13). In that split second where your brain is searching for a really random number, this is the first it gets to.

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KPABA@reddit

Wow. I also use 17, this is crazy.

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Faalcs@reddit

So strange! I sometimes use 17 and other times I use 42 lol

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Hknott96@reddit

50 million. I have never thought about this before but it is always 50 million!!

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Emergency_Mistake_44@reddit

As a South London teen during the 2000s who can't let go, mine is still "bare" to generally mean lots of. . Eg; there was bare traffic today. Yep.

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DustierAndRustier@reddit

I’ve noticed that my mum always uses 86 when exaggerating a number

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sammyglumdrops@reddit

50

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catgo4747@reddit

Same

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27PercentOfAllStats@reddit

I'd say 97% of the time I go for 27 Unless that's low for the comparison, then I go with 97.

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burgersnchips87@reddit

In a recent conversation about cheap tomato ketchup I blerted out: "Yea that sauce hasn't seen a tomato since 1947" I quite liked that

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sickdoughnut@reddit

96 quite bitter beings

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spikesya@reddit

6 million when I really only mean 200 thousand at most. I'm no longer welcome at the Synagogue.

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sickdoughnut@reddit

bro. lol. this seems to have gone over a lot of heads.

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Simpkin_jsr@reddit

Dark! But I have had to learn to stop using six million as my exaggeration number, it's so easily heard as a dog whistle.

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mmsuga75@reddit

After having to say something more than twice, it becomes ‘the millionth’ for me

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mediasuicide@reddit

I use 76, no idea why.

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Ssscrudddy@reddit

I always say 27. No idea where I got it from

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Ok_Banana_8224@reddit

*You are taking 5 hours*

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Formal-Cucumber-1138@reddit

Mines either 101 or 1001 depends how much I want to emphasis I’ve a shit ton to do

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Bunjmeister83@reddit

Bazillion is my go to number. "They're like, a bazillion years old" "it costs like a bazillion quid or something?" " I've got a bazillion things to do" I thought "rare as rocking horse shit" was a common term?

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Bully2533@reddit

I'll say, ''I've told you two hundred and twenty twelve times, put the plates IN the dishwasher, not just near it...''

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Sheolmonium@reddit

8000

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schmauften@reddit

I always say 300

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Limeee_@reddit

16 and a half people live in \[insert area\]

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imaserialchiller@reddit

My mum always used "Eleventy Seven" when she wanted you to know she was exaggerating. Find myself using it occasionally now.

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GeorgieH26@reddit

72 or a million, always!

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Mysterious_Mousse_76@reddit

402. Example: "Person X left me 402 things to do before they went home" Reality: maybe 3 things, about 15 minutes work. It just rolls off the tongue nicely.

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doesntevengohere12@reddit

Mine would always be 101 when to comes to tasks.

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Mozilie@reddit

I think this makes all the difference - do you say it as “four hundred and two”, or “four oh two”?

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Demmidude@reddit

Nice! Mine is 415

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Nerry19@reddit

Mines 7 billion, although I normally follow it with "obviously that's an exaggeration" lol as if that needs to be clarified lol.

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_Doc_McCoy_@reddit

“Since Thatcher was in office”. So, the 80’s.

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thegamesender1@reddit

72

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grumpyfucker123@reddit

in Spain the go to is 20,000

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thetruthisoutthere@reddit

I've only heard 8000... and I've heard that ocho mil veces!

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dreamsonashelf@reddit

I think it's the same in French. Or sometimes 36,000.

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funboyme@reddit

If I describe someone as old, I always say their national insurance number is 1. More than a couple of things is 75. If I've eaten a lot, I feel 55 clem (I'm from Middlesbrough)

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Beers_and_Bikes@reddit

Forty-eight. Always forty-eight.

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EconomyFreakDust@reddit

42 is my number, and it's typically coupled with light years. Yes, I'm aware light-years are a measure of distance.

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SlowLizzie@reddit

I always use 17 as well, which has been pointed out to me by colleagues.

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minnowmize@reddit

7,000

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squeakypeaks@reddit

Eleventy billion. It's the number for all occasions

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TheRealJetlag@reddit

Young people are 12. Old people are eleventy 7, who likely last did something vigorous in 1923 A very small number of things: minus 90 A lot of something: 112 A fuck tonne of something: bazillion

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CartimanduaRosa@reddit

856

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OrdinarySuper6983@reddit

90 million. Not sure why it is, but that’s what’s engrained itself

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chlorineblood@reddit

i do 80 million! don’t know why but it feels right

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tropicnights@reddit

Mine's 50 million. To quote Frasier Crane: "If less is more, imagine how much more more is!"

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softboilers@reddit

For the love of God, please never say 'over exaggeration' or any variation thereof again.

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wearecake@reddit

1000, generally. Big number, easy, nice.

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Underwritingking@reddit

kind of the other way round (exaggerating a low number) "the number of people who actually like Piers Morgan is about seven eights of four fifths of the square root of fuck all"

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Jealous-Cap-5600@reddit

My girlfriend always says 52, which is also the number of weeks in the year. I tend to double down and say "a billion" or something

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ExcitementKooky418@reddit

42 is probably a reference to hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Another classic British one for a large, non-specific quantity: it cost an arm and a leg

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piqsquiggle@reddit

58 - just has a nice ring to it.

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nacnud_uk@reddit

Brazillions.

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wall_sock_plug@reddit

There’s a great Liam Gallagher interview with Greg James, where he explains that he can’t go out for only one pint. He goes on to explain that if he goes out he’s gonna have “like a ‘oondred” - the Manc 100 is regularly used by me and my mates

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PoinkPoinkPoink@reddit

“Like 90”

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CrypticWinter@reddit

54

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Succulent_Orange@reddit

10, for everything. eg if someone drops a bag of ball bearings on the floor I'd say "that's going to be a mess, there's at least 10 of them on the floor and I'm not cleaning that many up" It's a reference to an old spongebob episode

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fatboyfat1981@reddit

Eleventy

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CallumPears@reddit

My dad tends to go for 16,428 as a large number. I watched Technoblade's youtube videos a lot and picked up the number 12 from him (can be used as either small or large depending on context).

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atomicsiren@reddit

How many people live in Rio de Janeiro? Brazillions.

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HippCelt@reddit

'shitloads' is my main a costs a lot number.

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Firstpoet@reddit

As a child- a billionwillion. Then your friend says, 'and one'.

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MathematicianOk1339@reddit

Twelvety-billion

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LadyGoldberryRiver@reddit

Mine is 8 million.

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chubzy88@reddit

6,000,000 for me every single time.

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Chordsy@reddit

A cubic fucktonne. It's a great number.

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robjamez72@reddit

4…at least!

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Romfordian@reddit

Twelvety

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HopeTheresPudding@reddit

Mine is 17 too!

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pregnantandsick@reddit

Me 17!

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Sattaman6@reddit

Mine is gazillion or squadrillion.

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marbmusiclove@reddit

‘Shit tons’

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HangryHufflepuff1@reddit

83 for me

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theuntraceableone@reddit

I'm a bit dramatic and say stuff like "they've asked me the same question, like, 97 million times now."

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Isgortio@reddit

My mum would use "101" so instead of doing things she'd say "I have 101 things to do today!" whilst sat watching TV haha.

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NecroVelcro@reddit

It's exaggeration: "over-exaggeration" is redundant. My hyperbolic number is 27 million, though.

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Salty_Postcard@reddit

'Hunners'/hundreds. I'm Scottish and it's common for our exaggerated numbers to be by 'hunners'. Usually, 'there were hunners of them'. I've never gotten out of the habit of it.

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TheStatMan2@reddit

Umpteen. It's a curious number. It sounds huge - but it's in the teens.

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OnyxWookie@reddit

That's been around since the year dot and carry one!

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TheStatMan2@reddit

Since Methuselah was three score and ten.

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Dry-Bee-8159@reddit

108 - how old I feel every morning when my knees crack like gunshot. 'Before the war' when asked how long ago something happened. 'I bought this coat before the war.'

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Ill_Pumpkin8217@reddit

“I waited for the bus for like an hour” *only waited 15 minutes longer than normal*

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cmdrxander@reddit

My partner always says a billion, and I always react as if she meant it literally. “There were billions of people in town today, it was so busy!” “One in eight people *in the world* were in Bristol city centre?!”

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theProffPuzzleCode@reddit

69

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ArcadiaRivea@reddit

My mum's is 58 This is something I've never pondered, but always found it wierd that it's always "58 [somethings]" Thank you for clearing it up, it's boggled me forever why she uses that specific term rather than the actual number of things Guess the answer is "it's just a thing people do"

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CorpusCalossum@reddit

110 percent Lord Sugar!

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jazzaroo_2000@reddit

Mine is usually '16' for some reason. 'Gaah i've been sent like 16 different versions of this thing i dunno which i'm supposed to look at!!' Usually its 2 or 3. I also enjoy saying '9 times outta 10' or '99% of the time...'

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Pisslexic@reddit

The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42

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Scorpiodancer123@reddit

Management - let's give 110% today!!!

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No-Advertising1002@reddit

Even so I have a 7/11/12 year old, I presume every child is either 4 or 12 it seems. I have no concept of how old kids are. Looking at my kids school friends it's hardly surprising. Some could pass for 16 in year 5 and some struggle to look out of nursery in Yr 7!

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Fat_Bottomed_Redhead@reddit

487, no idea why, but its my go to 'exaggeration' number. Eleventy billion is always fun too.

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Scorpiodancer123@reddit

Yes to eleventy billion!

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MumOfChaos@reddit

Younger people- they look about 12 I'm tired of having to say it 76 times! If it's to do with a date- it's always the 34th of Octember

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Scorpiodancer123@reddit

Giving my husband the order for Indian food is always .....and 18 poppadoms please. Which just means some poppadoms.

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Ill-Breadfruit5356@reddit

Eleventy three

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Party-Independent-25@reddit

Eleventeen Hundred for the win! 😉

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HannahDulSet7@reddit

'There's at least 7' there are always many more than 7. I think I picked it up from a meme once but no idea.

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bevster70@reddit

My exaggerated number is usually 70 trillion and for an exaggerated amount of time I sometimes say "since God was a boy" my mum used to say things like "your dad has had that cardigan since God was a boy, it's about time it went in the bin!"

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fastestman4704@reddit

85,000. No idea why, guess I just like the sound.

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Cold_Table8497@reddit

If it's about something cute my little lad did, or I'm answering life's questions for him as he makes his way in the world... he's 28 years old.

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Designer_Guava2448@reddit

I really don't know I'll say more than 2... more than a billion... less than 100 It depends on the context for me

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absolutecretin@reddit

4 million. Always

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V0iD3D-6609@reddit

I use 29 universally, like 29 million times 29hundred so on so forth

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shabirdie@reddit

I use the quote from Spongebob in the same accent- '3 million...' (years/objects/things)

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Realistic_Wedding@reddit

72 is the number of burgers I want at a barbecue. Long distances are “in Ipswich” while returning home from an unfamiliar location is always being “back from Birmingham”. Infuriatingly large numbers, such as the private wealth of a senior politician are “eleventy-fuck”.

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Even_Passenger_3685@reddit

Thirfty or twelveteen for small amounts, bajillion for larger. If someone is speeding then they’re doing Godspeed. If something is fast, it goes like a stabbed rat. If it’s been a long ti,e then it’s since God’s dog was a puppy.

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neopod@reddit

Several = Seven. That’s all I know.

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ArgumentativeNutter@reddit

depends who i’m with, with friends i’ll deadpan a stupid number that’s not too high that they’ll know is a joke. picking the right one is an art. with strangers i go with a brazillion so they know i’m stupid.

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SilverellaUK@reddit

83

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Independent-Guess-79@reddit

Bergillion. Is it a real number? Who cares? It sounds massive and if you hear that something is at least a bergillion times worse than it was, you know, that’ll strike your eyebrows high.

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Glasweg1an@reddit

As a six foot tall male, anyone shorter than me is 3 foot 4. Akso, if I've told you once I've told you a million times don't exxagerate.

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Environmental-Wear76@reddit

About 50 million if im being very dramatic.

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circle1987@reddit

I like to square things off with a good "a million". "I've pressed that button about 1 million times today" "i've seen that about, 1 million times" "I've been stood here for like, 1 million years" "I go into that report but it takes about 1 million seconds to load up" Some contexts are more funny than others.

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DrunkStoleATank@reddit

Twelfty.

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Shaved-Women-InDisco@reddit

a billion trillion to one someone up votes this on Reddit

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kylehyde84@reddit

Eleventy billion

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Climatize@reddit

idk, I just like to put 'almost' in front of it if it's a stupid number in the thousands or millions

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satorismile@reddit

More than 10! Either that or less than 10.

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Flyawaylittlemonkey@reddit

96 or 96 million

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MDL1983@reddit

"a shit load" Additionally, the cost of anything small is, by default, £40. This is due to my niece who, when asked how much anything cost in her make-believe shop as a child, would respond with "Forty pounds please!"

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peribon@reddit

If Ive told you once, Ive told you a thousand times, stop exaggerating!

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Wide-Height-7936@reddit

My husband always says 54 million. No matter what the question but normally relating to food. How many sausages do you want?

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6033624@reddit

I have never heard of using a specific random number to exaggerate. What part of the UK does this???

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Possible-Ad-2682@reddit

27 for me. No need to go over the top.

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Adski213@reddit

A brazillion....

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Angustony@reddit

Your friend likely uses 42 because that's the answer to life, the universe and everything. That makes it a great number to use.

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Opposite_Dog8525@reddit

Metric fuck tonne

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richierees821@reddit

Eleventy 7

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GoanaeNoPostThat@reddit

Well I mean my wife told me something a million times, but I forget what it was.

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Educational-Farmer28@reddit

My favourites are a gazillion if I’m really exaggerating or eleventy if I’m just wanting a random number.

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alternativeblood96@reddit

3 I use the number 3 Almost a hands worth of numbers that

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Dianacolada@reddit

I use 47 or, if I'm really, really over exaggerating it's 47,000

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michellefiver@reddit

60 million or twenty seven

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michellefiver@reddit

Oh and for time of something's going to take an hour or someone is being slow "see you in a week"

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Accomplished-Art7737@reddit

For age it’s 12 and 90 “They looked about 12” - (used to describe anyone whose more than 6-7 years younger than me) “I look about 90 without make up”. Aside from age, for anything where I’m expressing a high amount it’s always 97 million…”Can’t believe I just went to Tesco for some bits and it came to about £97 million quid” “Yeah I’ll be home in a bit, stuck at temporary traffic lights and there’s 97 million cars in the queue in front of me”

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Junior_Tradition7958@reddit

82 no idea why

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scorch762@reddit

My old boss always uses 157

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TraditionalCrab9157@reddit

The worlds supply... Son can u grab a couple of napkins...ffs i didnae ask for the worlds supply!

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ajem83@reddit

Whenever someone asks me what I want to eat, I always respond with "12 of everything." 12 seems to be the theme, as others have said. Too young? "They look about 12." Too old? "They're at least 112." How much wine do you want? "12 of each type." And so it goes on.

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Optimal-Room-8586@reddit

Bazillion

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dickwildgoose@reddit

This is the 64,000 dollar question.

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Use_Rear_Entrance@reddit

Eleventy million

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Most-Regular621@reddit

A hundred million

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EnchidnaDrakaina@reddit

'81% of statistics are made up on the spot.l' I usually get the response 'huh..sounds about right.' SMH

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dobbynobson@reddit

Twelfty-three for me. Nice to say; occasionally gets a smile.

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davidsdungeon@reddit

7 billion

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Specialist-Web7854@reddit

A gazillion, obviously.

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Suitable-Insurance-2@reddit

Seems that the most consistent number is 17, which is mine too! I wonder why 17 is common. From a TV show maybe?

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Albert_Herring@reddit

Eighteen, or eighteen million. No idea why.

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ArcticTemper@reddit

400

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HoGyMosh@reddit

The answer is 42.

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No-Cut-5618@reddit

101 - “I’ve got 101 things to do”.

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Tombusken@reddit

6's, usually start from 60 and go up to 6 million depending the situations needs

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toby1jabroni@reddit

A million

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AliquidLatine@reddit

50 million seems to be my default for exaggeration. But if it's a percentage, it's 12. For example, "I need you to be 12% less annoying"

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testyhedgehog@reddit

Twenty twelve

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Impossible-Bug2379@reddit

I use simple old hundred

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b0neappleteeth@reddit

i say 7000 a lot

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Rainbowstaple@reddit

Its a boring one but I usually go for about 1000

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dreamsonashelf@reddit

One billion. Might as well go big.

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technologicalslave@reddit

68,000 Always the number of things I have to do unless the number is 1 or 0

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sleepfighter77@reddit

27. But if I’m mega exaggerating, it’s 27 million

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Dans77b@reddit

42 is a classic because of it' Douglas Adams reference.

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KezzaK2608@reddit

Six million and four....no idea why, been saying it for yearsm

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Key_Meringue_391@reddit

Read The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Then you'll know why your mate uses 42. Mine is 400 thousand/million depending on how I feel.

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Leifang666@reddit

I thought I didn't have one but then I remembered how it can reach 1000 degrees in summer.

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veganlove95@reddit

Mine's 17 too!

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Gyratetojackjarvis@reddit

"hunners mate" Source: am Brian (Scottish).

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SomeWomanFromEngland@reddit

My dad’s go to exaggeration number was 28. I asked why once and he admitted he didn’t really know.

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GabberZZ@reddit

If we have lost track of how much we drank in one night the next day assessment is we had eleventy twelve pints.

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gandyg@reddit

About 25 million. Never just an exact 25 million, always about.

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TheOrgazoid88@reddit

a hunner

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gandyg@reddit

About 25 million. Never just an exact 25 million, always about.

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CelebrationFairy@reddit

86, 000 - never thought about why 😂

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maddy273@reddit

Gazillion

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QuirkyMaterial@reddit

For anything that requires a moderate increase in exagération, I’m consistently a ‘55’ gal myself. Acting like a child: ‘4’ with a cuss word in front. Acting puerile: a hard ‘14’, again with a nice swear word prefix.

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Regular_Rutabaga4789@reddit

Not sure I’ve got an exaggeration number, but I use my co workers tiny trouser friend as a joke measurement reference. For instance, the distance between the average persons eyes would be around 36 Matt Penises.

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According_Listen632@reddit

£240

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rmp604@reddit

My old English teacher from the 70s always used to say" twelve more apples than the cart can hold"

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Pedal_bin@reddit

When I was in the police at shift change if I was asked if it had been busy my usual response was "they've run me ragged, they've had me chasing ghosts all night"

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raguff@reddit

I’m sure I read/watched something from a comedian once upon a time where they made the point that odd numbers are funnier than even numbers, so whatever number I go with I end up making sure it’s an odd number

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vher4ch@reddit

A thousand

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x_franki_berri_x@reddit

I use 17 too. No idea why.

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AtebYngNghymraeg@reddit

108 if I'm talking ages ("What did she die of? She was about 108!"), two gross if I'm talking a huge number of something silly ("What's she gone out for? Two gross of condoms?") or Pitlochry if I'm talking distance ("she's been gone ages. Where's the garage she's gone to, Pitlochry?")

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Goose-rider3000@reddit

A thousand million

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Forum_Lurker42@reddit

But if you break it up into 500 miles and 500 more, it doesn't seem that bad.

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idontlikemondays321@reddit

10,000

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s_l_a_c_k@reddit

A billion and four

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totesemosh74@reddit

54.

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Ulfgeirr88@reddit

I usually go with "a billion, rounding up to the nearest billion"

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decentlyfair@reddit

23. But I usually under exaggerate for money and say £5.50. No idea why.

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NoTimeLike-Yesterday@reddit

A miwion

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chickendipperzzzz@reddit

20

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rosea_lupum@reddit

68000. I don’t know why.

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Kitchen_Part_882@reddit

Are you old enough to have used one of the more advanced non-IBM compatible computers back in the 80s? Because my mind went straight to the Motorola 68000 CPU that was used in many of them.

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rosea_lupum@reddit

90s kid but maybe!

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wasdice@reddit

Feels like I'm the only person still using 9001

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Saxon2060@reddit

If the real amount is <20 or so "hundreds" or "a hundred." If the real amount might be a hundred, I guess I say "thousands". Like, "this guy overtook me at a thousand miles an hour." So I guess one order of magnitude greater than the real amount?? Good question, I've never ever thought of this but I'm sure someone somewhere could write a thesis on where we get the exaggerated number from and whether it's regional or something.

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BabyAlibi@reddit

32 thousand things They always look about 12

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Evening-Manner9709@reddit

Flobbity-jillion

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Effiecat@reddit

Hunners (hundreds)

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Serendipityor@reddit

187 is my go to number, but anything that happened a while ago was over 100 years ago

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WoodSteelStone@reddit

To the power of infinity plus one!

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Fun-Swimmer2998@reddit

63!

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Snout_Fever@reddit

Eleventy bazillion, usually.

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Mdl8922@reddit

112. "Leave him alone mate he's about 112" "He's kicked that ball over the fence 112 times." No idea where that number came from but I use it about 112 times a day.

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xanthophore@reddit

Oodles is a fun one!

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No-Body-4446@reddit

Depends on the context. If I have to choose 2 things I find annoying then when I tell the story it means I have to choose 19 different things. If something is £20 and i find it very expensive its about £8000

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