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Dillion vs Dillio - What's the difference?

dillion | dillio |

As nouns the difference between dillion and dillio

is that dillion is (slang|hyperbole) an unspecified large number (of) while dillio is (us|slang) the deal; that which is current, relevant, or taking place.

dillion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).
  • * 1982 , Roald Dahl, The BFG
    • 'The human bean,' the Giant went on, 'is coming in dillions of different flavours.
  • * 2012 , Gretel Killeen, My Sister's a Yo-Yo
    • He'd been sitting in the car for a dillion years waiting for his mother to find her glasses.
  • * 2014 , Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land
    • You have like a dillion books here, probably nobody would have even looked at it.

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    dillio

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US, slang) The deal; that which is current, relevant, or taking place.
  • * 1998 , "Chris", Sound Advice....'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''news.newusers.questions )
    • I am having an incredibly time getting my sound recorder to work and would appreciate any possible insight available. Here's the dillio , the microphone is properly hooked up to the sound card. I can hear the sound through the PC speakers and the microphone volume is up just loud enough to fend off the steady stream of feedback.
  • * 2003 , Dexter Jeffries, Triple Exposure
    • "That's the dillio ." Tosha, sensing that this version of the story would take too long, cut her off.
  • * 2007 , Kirsten Sawyer, Not Quite a Bride
    • "What's the dillio ? I just saw you! Call me."

    Usage notes

    dillio'' is always preceded by ''the . Since it takes the place of "deal, yo", the word is rarely encountered in mid-clause.