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metric shitload

noun

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.

Definitions

  1. A very large number or amount.

    • Me, I spent it fantasizing about the future, airbrushing an old dream that had only required a metric shitload of cash.
    • Lifer karma, that's what it was, and I'd apparently accumulated a metric shitload of it.
    • “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. […]“

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA