Scientific Units of Measurement

Scientific Units of Measurement

10**24 getalives     = 1 yottagetalife    = you ought to get a life; an
                                            expression implying that you
                                            are now wasting your life
10**21 spells        = 1 zettaspell       = set a spell, meaning sit
                                            down for a time and rest
10**18 minations     = 1 examination
10**15 coats         = 1 petacoat         = petticoat
10**12 bulls         = 1 terabull         = terrible
10**9 lows           = 1 gigalow          = gigolo
10**6 phones         = 1 megaphone
2*10**3 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds = "To Kill a Mockingbird" is
                                            an American novel of some
                                            30 years ago
10**2 withits        = 1 hectowithit      = "to heck with it" is a slang
                                            expression describing
                                            frustration with something
10 cards             = 1 decacard         = deck of cards
10**-1 mates         = 1 decimate
10**-2 mentals       = 1 centimental      = sentimental
10**-3 cents         = 1 millicent        = Millicent is a woman's name
10**-6 scopes        = 1 microscope
10**-9 nannettes     = 1 nanonannet       = "No, No, Nannette"; an
                                            American Broadway musical
10**-12 boos         = 1 picoboo          = "peek-a-boo"; a game for
                                            amusing small children
10**-15 fatales      = 1 femtofatale      = femme fatale; an alluring
                                            and mysterious woman
10**-18 boys         = 1 attoboy          = "that-a-boy"; an expression
                                            given for a job well done
10**-21 bismols      = 1 zeptobismol      = Pepto Bismol is the name of
                                            an medicine commonly
                                            available in the USA for
                                            treating stomach distress
10**-24 pusses       = 1 yoctopus         = octopus

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