megapenny
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡəˌpɛ.ni/
- Rhymes: -ɛni
- Hyphenation: me‧ga‧pen‧ny
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]megapenny (plural megapennies)
- (humorous) A million cents. ($10,000)
- 1997, Gene Wirchenko, Re: New IEC proposal: 1 kibibyte = 1024 bytes, alt.folklore.computers (January 10, 1997):
- Or megapenny ($10,000) and nanoacre (for measuring chip sizes).
- 2005, 'holatuwol', Forum post, forums.kingdomofloathing.com (February 19, 2005):
- If I could, there would probably be dozens of large software corporations banging on my door, offering 20 megapennies a year, company cars, ...
- 2020, Philippe Darche, Microprocessor 1:
- In addition, [the computer] should not cost more than one “Megapenny” ($10,000 at the time).
- 1997, Gene Wirchenko, Re: New IEC proposal: 1 kibibyte = 1024 bytes, alt.folklore.computers (January 10, 1997):
- (humorous) An indefinite amount of money, implied to be large.
- 1992, 'Stinger51', IE vs. NS (philosophy question), phpbuilder.com (October 11, 2002):
- A megapenny for your thoughts, please.
- 1998, Greg Bennett and David C. Cox, Top Ten Harris Lies, "Harrisment" (February 1998):
- Not a penny, but megapennies!!! ....
- 2004, 'holatuwol', Re: What is causing this phenomena?, "MoonRomance" (June 10, 2004):
- ... without resorting to shelling out megapennies.
- 2005, Phil Hampton, re: Billionaire’s Money Question, Dilbert Blog (December 20, 2005):
- And any billionaire who's worried about losing that megapenny really ought to take up a hobby, like maybe horse riding.
- 2006, mbhunter, Ten unconventional uses for the penny, Mighty Bargain Hunter (August 20, 2006):
- No. 7: .... Settle out of court for many, many megapennies.
- 1992, 'Stinger51', IE vs. NS (philosophy question), phpbuilder.com (October 11, 2002):
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- 1990, Eric S. Raymond, megapenny, Jargon File 2.2.1 (June 12, 1990)
- (meg'a-pen'ee) n. $10,000 (1 cent * 10e6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost/performance figures.
- 1990, Eric S. Raymond, megapenny, Jargon File 2.2.1 (June 12, 1990)