a unit of measure, usually about a work load
used to legitimize the obscene suggestionthat there is a "ton" of work
to use the metric system emphasizes the sheer mass of the workload
A metric shit-ton is a unit of measurement used to gauge how long your bitch-ass homework took you to complete. One metric shit-ton is equivalent to 4 hours worth of daily homework, excluding breaks and procrastination time.
I'm typing up this entry just to avoid doing my metric shit-ton of homework.