Shit-load

Less than a butt-ton.

Man, I've got a shit-load of homework.

by csilwy October 31, 2003

shit load

A corruption of the term "shipload" of antiquity, as described the massive cargoes brought into harbor by sea-faring ships. Through association to the perjorative "shit" (itself a corruption of "shite"), the terms "fuck load", "ass load", and "butt load" were all created, the user, unaware of the origins of the term, substituting one curse word interchangeably for another. Over time, the second half of the expression also came to be substituted, most often in cases where "ton" was inserted for "load", whilst still maintaining the previously-replaced derisories as variations of the newly-coined phrase.

In its "proper" form, the phrase would be hyphenated and expressed as a linkage between two words to describe a third, correlated concept (i.e. "shit-load")

Americans commit a shit load of atrocities against the English Language!

by Sidgar August 14, 2013

A Shit Load

A couple is 2, a few is three, and a shit load is six.

At the drive thru at McDonald's: I need a shit load of Happy Meals.
In court: I have a shit load of parking tickets.

by The Waylon December 31, 2014

shit load

Many, as in, more than a few in quantity.

Here's how you count in the ghetto:

One, two, three, and a shit load.

by word up March 19, 2003

Shit Load

10% more than you can carry at one time.

I can't carry this shit load of boards back to the truck.

by Chris Brennan March 14, 2008

shit load

More than six and less than 29, of any object.

I see a shit load of deer by the woods!

You've got a shit load of marbles in your hand.

by Happyhigh September 25, 2008

Shit load

A unit of measurment.
Questionably comparable to the size of one's shit.

I just ate a shit load of jelly beans.

by Agravi May 25, 2011