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[[Madame Tarsa]] once claimed to have “'''giga-annums'''” of experience wrapping up [[Christmas]] presents. | [[Madame Tarsa]] once claimed to have “'''giga-annums'''” of experience wrapping up [[Christmas]] presents. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Winter Quests (novel)|The Winter Quests]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
Under the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix SI prefix] scheme "giga-" refers to 10<sup>9</sup> times the base, or billions. "Annum," of course, means year (as in "annual"). Therefore "giga-annums" is just a pretentious way of saying billions of years. | Under the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix SI prefix] scheme "giga-" refers to 10<sup>9</sup> times the base, or billions. "Annum," of course, means year (as in "annual"). Therefore "giga-annums" is just a pretentious way of saying billions of years. | ||
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