shitload

American  

[shit-lohd] / ˈʃɪtˌloʊd /

noun

Slang: Vulgar.

1. a lot of something; a large amount.

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shitload British  

/ ˈʃɪtˌləʊd /

noun

1. taboo  a lot; large amount

   a shitload of money

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Etymology

Origin of shitload

1955–60; shit ( def. ) + load ( def. )

Example Sentences

“There were a shitload of people there,” Rafalat said.

From Slate

“It’s not that you have to make money. You have to make a shitload of money,” said Ley, who is the founder of Seton Hall University’s Center for Sports Media.

From Slate

“We have a shitload of samples lying in our freezers,” he says.

From Science Magazine

When we heard the boats approach, kids near the railing peered down and shouted up to us: "Machine guns and a shitload of armed soldiers!"

From Salon

There’s nothing fundamentally illegal about owning a shitload of weapons and saying you hate the government.

From Slate