shitload

English

Alternative forms

• shit load, shit-load, shedload

Etymology

From shit +‎ load.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪtˌloʊd/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

shitload (plural shitloads)

1. (vulgar, slang, often humorous) A large amount.
   • 1974 February 7, Andrew Bergman, directed by Mel Brooks, Blazing Saddles, spoken by Taggart (Slim Pickens):

     Anybody got a dime? [...] Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload o' dimes!

   • 1980, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Used Cars:

     Roy Fuchs' Assistant: I just heard there's a shitload of used cars coming this way.

   • 1986 December 21, Walta Borawski, “Wendell (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 23, page 10:

     With his ear for absurdity and his shitload of compassion, Howard Cruse does for us in cartoons what Armistead Maupin does for us in serial installments.

Synonyms

• (an unspecific but large amount): see Thesaurus:lot

Derived terms

• metric shitload

Translations

vulgar slang: a large amount

Catalan: fotimer (ca) m Czech: tři prdele (cs) pl Dutch: hele hoop French: chiée (fr) f, (euphemism) palanquée (fr) f Latvian: pilna dirsa, pilna pakaļa Polish: pierdyliard (pl) m, w chuj (pl), w pizdu (pl), pierdylion (pl) m Romanian: căcălău Russian: (vulgar) до хуя́ (ru) (do xujá), (vulgar) до хера́ (do xerá) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: pun kurac Spanish: mogollón (es) m, montón (es) m, porrada (es) m, chingo (es) m, fangote (es) m Welsh: cachlwyth m