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minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 hours agoUmm. I’m sorry, but it looks like we’ve got a misunderstanding? I’d simply never heard the word “billion” shortened to “billy” before, and I was asking where you got that term from. (Though now I’m even more curious what you thought I was asking.)
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoIt’s common American slang, million = milly, billion = Billy, hundred = hundy
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoWild, I’ve lived in the US my whole life and never heard that. Interesting.
Umm. I’m sorry, but it looks like we’ve got a misunderstanding? I’d simply never heard the word “billion” shortened to “billy” before, and I was asking where you got that term from. (Though now I’m even more curious what you thought I was asking.)
It’s common American slang, million = milly, billion = Billy, hundred = hundy
Wild, I’ve lived in the US my whole life and never heard that. Interesting.