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List of centibillionaires (en.wikipedia.org)
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Common usage--abetted by Merriam-Webster--notwithstanding, "centi-" is the System International (essentially the US Metric System) prefix for "divided by 100", and has been for at least 6 decades, and hence is incorrectly used here; "centibillionare" actually means "has 1/100 of $1B". The correct term is "hectobillionaire".

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[–] hopeleft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago

List of people who need to be removed so democracy can flourish.

The list got far longer after 2020. Hmm, I wonder if it has to do with the cost of everything going up rapidly.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

I read the title wrong so at first I was like "That's gotta be a really long list", followed by "even I am a centimillionaire"