umpteen
Pronunciation: /ˈəm(p)ˌtēn
• informal
number
Indefinitely many; a lot of: you need umpteen pieces of identification to cash a check
Origin
early 20th century: humorous formation based on -teen.
∞ - ∞ - ∞ - ∞ - ∞ - ∞...
Thirteen pre-teen girls came on the scene.
The sheen of their rubied lips was a bit obscene.
It was their goal to make friends green
By getting backstage at the concert by Queen.
Of course that was ages ago.
Now Freddie Mercury and all are "has been."
And the girls are more like age umpteen.
[If there were judges for this blog topic, the umpteen umpires would show their ump ire and rule me out of bounds, for sure.]
