sagan

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

sagan
 /say'gn/, n.

   [from Carl Sagan's TV series Cosmos; think "billions and billions"] A
   large quantity of anything. "There's a sagan different ways to tweak
   EMACS." "The U.S. Government spends sagans on bombs and welfare --
   hard to say which is more destructive."

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

sagan

   <jargon> /say'gn/ (From Carl Sagan's TV series "Cosmos")
   Billions and billions.  A large quantity of anything.

   "There's a sagan different ways to tweak Emacs."  "The US
   Government spends sagans on bombs and welfare - hard to say
   which is more destructive."

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