The technical equivalent of a boatload, also known as a heck of a lot. A polite euphemism for a similar but more profane expression.
"Are you going bowling with the guys?"
"Dude, I wish: my English teacher gave us a shipload of reading to do over the weekend."
"So are you going bowling then?"
"Yeah."
"Dude, I wish: my English teacher gave us a shipload of reading to do over the weekend."
"So are you going bowling then?"
"Yeah."
by Nomen Nescio February 22, 2008