metric shitload
metric shitload noun: a very large number or amount.
Noun
metric shitload (plural metric shitloads)
- 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.1982, Robert Merkin, The south Florida book of the dead, William Morrow & Co, →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
Examples of metric shitload in a sentence
- “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:
- 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 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:
- I know you've got a metric shitload of questions about your uncle.2012, M. L. N. Hanover, Killing Rites: Black Sun's Daughter: Book Four, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
Synonyms of metric shitload
Forms of metric shitload
| plural | metric shitloads |
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Origin of metric shitload
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.
Questions about metric shitload
- What does metric shitload mean?
- Metric shitload means a very large number or amount.
- How do you use metric shitload in a sentence?
- “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. […]“
- What part of speech is metric shitload?
- Metric shitload is a noun.
- What is the plural of metric shitload?
- The plural of metric shitload is metric shitloads.
Words near metric shitload in the dictionary
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