Table 15 Imprecise and Informal Expressions of Quantity

couple of

lots of

not much

few of

small number of

hundreds of

all kinds of

thousands of

tons of

too many to count

massive amounts of

very small number of

far more than

way more than

very large number of

millions of

way too many

huge number of

gobs of

vanishingly small

uncountable

hell of a lot

lion’s share of

vast quantities of

waist deep in

infinitesimally small

tiny number of

infinitely more

miniscule amounts of

gazillion

crap load of

shit load

up the wazoo

infinitely small

bazillion

infinitely less

infinitely large

butt load

boat loads of

buttload