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ausmjh

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Have wondered, well not really, what the word means. It sounds like the first word uttered by an infant. Not so! It means, apparently, 1 followed by 100 zeros. Isn't that underwhelming!! Thought it would be something a bit more, well a bit more something. :( :confused:
 

I don't know if the word ever existed until 'thee' Google was founded. I remember grown men and women when speaking to babies would go "Googly, Googly Goo," or something like that. And also "Cootchie-Cootchie-Coo," or something like that as well. When they would say those words, they would poke the baby and try to get a smile.
 
It is supposed to be derived from the word 'googol' which is a term for an immensely big number.
It is 10 raised to the power 100.
i.e. 1 followed by 100 zeros.
 

As a matter of fact they recorded my very first sound when a new baby incredible as it may seem. I opened my eyes, looked at Mom and in a clear little voice said "Boobie".
 
I just looked it up, Warrigal had it, but there was a boy involved....

derived its name from the word "googol", a term coined by then nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of the American mathematician Edward Kasner. The story goes, Kasner had asked his nephew to invent a name for a very large number - ten to the power of one hundred (the numeral one followed by 100 zeros), and Milton called it a googol
 
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