metric shitload en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Jocular extension of shitload (“a very large amount”), absurdly treating it as a unit of measurement (which could have a metric counterpart). Regarding the synonymous phrases a shitload of and a ton of, the coordination of ton versus metric ton is most likely the precedent by which shitload versus metric shitload was jocularly inspired; compare also metric fuckton.
Meanings
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(humorous, often, vulgar) A very large number or amount.
“I refuse to speculate: It's unprofessional, and besides, she might have had a perfectly innocent reason for owning a metric shitload of cancelled bank-notes in an obsolete currency. […]“
2011, Charles Stross, Rule 34, Hachette UK, →ISBN:Me, I spent it fantasizing about the future, airbrushing an old dream that had only required a metric shitload of cash.
1982, Robert Merkin, The south Florida book of the dead, William Morrow & Co, →ISBN:So SPOOKS is basically a tool that permits an electronic intelligence agency to run a metric shitload of unwitting human intelligence agents, weekend spies.
2007, Charles Stross, Halting State, Penguin, →ISBN:I know you've got a metric shitload of questions about your uncle. I wish I could help you more, but hey. We do what we can, right?
2012, M. L. N. Hanover, Killing Rites: Black Sun's Daughter: Book Four, Hachette UK, →ISBN:Lifer karma, that's what it was, and I'd apparently accumulated a metric shitload of it.
1987, Robert Merkin, Zombie jamboree: a novel, McGraw-Hill Book Co, →ISBN:To his human mind, nothing here made sense. It was like that old game: One of these things is not like the other, one of these things does not belong. But it wasn't just one thing. It was a metric shitload of things. It was all things.
2011, Chuck Wendig, Double Dead, Abaddon Books, →ISBN:“And then, because that wasn't enough,” he went on, “I got a credit card and bought a metric shitload of DVDs so that she could pick the one she wanted to watch. […]“
2005, Maureen Johnson, The Bermudez Triangle, Penguin, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| metric shitloads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
great deal · hantle · deal · lashings · crapload · gob · battalion · butt-ton · wagonload · hecatomb · ream · buttload · multiplicity · metric fuckton · trainload · spadeloads · fuckton · cartload · lot · shitflood · bumload · shitton · assload · bucketload · horseload · metric shitload · vaultful · ton · tun · shitload · abundance · arseload · truckload · sight · mampus · shedload · crapflood · brimful · bellyload · heap · pile · bucketful · metric shitton · helluvalot · shitful · superflux · load · slew · boatload · metric fuckton · mountain · mickle · fuckload · fuckwad · busload · mass · multitude · many · muckle · sum
Translations (3)
pl kupa (vulgar: a very large amount) · pl masa (vulgar: a very large amount) · pl sterta (vulgar: a very large amount)