"metric shitload" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: metric shitload

Filed under: English, Slang

Part of speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: I have bought a metric shitload (LV terminology) of stuff from LV over that past year and a half (at least a lot for me).

Article or document title:
“Re: Short Lord Valve (Willie) Story” (URL)

Author:
“Thorny”

(This author is either a pseudonym or is not clearly named in the original source.)

Article, document, publication, web site:
Usenet: alt.guitar.amps

Date of publication:
Jan. 9, 2000

This cite belongs to a full entry for metric buttload.

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