Struggling to cope with the rapidly rising inflation, economists at the University of Zimbabwe have been forced to invent a new number. The figure, tentatively called a ko-jillion, is defined as a one followed by "as many zeroes as it takes". It is hoped that this will alleviate the current need to print new banknotes every four hours. The current largest note available is the "shitload", which is 40cm (15 inches) long to fit on all the zeroes. There are now more Zimbabwean dollars in circulation than there are atoms in the universe.

Last week on Zimbabwean TV, a contestant on the leading game show left with the lower prize rather than gambling because "the lower prize is worth more now than the jackpot will be by the end of the show".

Last week, a woman collapsed in a Zimbabwean supermarket when she attempted to count out change. She had nothing larger than fifty bajillion dollar notes, and the price of her purchases increased faster than she could remove money from her purse. An auction which started a month ago is still continuing, the current highest bid now being worth less money than the opening bid was when the auction started. It does not appear that an end is in sight.

Banks in Zimbabwe have recently started expressing all accounts in scientific notation. This has confused many customers, who have now started simply handing over all the money they have on them, reasoning that if they spend more than a moment working out how much they owe then they won't have enough. Banknotes of lower denominations than a trillion dollars are now worth more as solid fuel than as currency.