Something that seems trivial or unrelated to a larger thing, until you try to remove it. From a Simpsons episode where Rod (or Todd) tries to remove a Krusty the Clown poster from his wall, only to watch the wall start to crumble apart
A seemingly unnecessary file in a computer program, which causes the entire program to stop working for unknown reasons when it is removed. The term originates from an online hoax about an image of a coconut in the files for Team Fortress 2, which supposedly caused this problem when deleted.
Windows is such an unoptimized mess under the hood, but it's probablyimpossible to fix it because it might be full of load-bearing coconuts.
A fantasy/sci-fi cliche, wherein the defeat of a given villain triggers the catastrophicdestruction of its immediate environment, ie: the dungeon collapses, the planet explodes, the spacecraft implodes into the 37th dimension, etc.
Game Master: "The giant falls dead, but just as you think you're safe you feel the floor of the cavern begin to shake and rumble ominously."
Player: "Aw crap, he's a load bearing monster! Loot the body and run!"
A wall that bears the weight of a young boy’s cum loads. After too many years of pumping jizz into the crevices of the wall, the wall may collapse if it bears too many cream pies.
Tyrant: Broski, you and my buddy should be friends then. He used to cum all over his load-bearing wall at home. It was basically a Catacumb in his room.