Dictionary definition of “metric buttload”

metric buttload

n. a large but indeterminate quantity. Also metric ass-load, metric fuck-load, metric shit-load. Subjects: English, Slang

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Citations: 1991 [T.W. Wombat] Usenet: rec.games.trivia (Aug. 10) “Happy Wombat Double Video Quiz Update”: After a metric buttload of responses (and it isn’t even due yet. Sheesh…), I thought I’d up the ante a bit. 1993 [Geoff Miller] Usenet: alt.peeves (Feb. 18) “Yet *More* Meeting Peeves”: Not only was his style as lively as a rotting elephant, but he could always be counted on to bring along a metric fuckload of slides to show on the overhead projector. 1993 Usenet: alt.sex.bondage (Dec. 21) “My Darling Hypnotist”: Flora had a metric butt-load of gear she wanted to put on me. 1997 [Dean&Angie] Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Aug. 30) “Death Valley Driver Video Review #48”: It’s been a long couple of weeks since the last time I spoke with you gentle readers and I’ve watched a metric ass-load of tapes. 2000 [Thorny] Usenet: alt.guitar.amps (Jan. 9) “Re: Short Lord Valve (Willie) Story”: 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). 2003 David Klinghoffer Publisher’s Weekly (Mar. 24) “Friction in the Family” p. S11: “It was embarrassing for some customers to see a naked woman on the cover wrapped in a talis [prayer shawl], and you can see her nipple really clearly,” says Alle Hall, marketing manager of Seattle’s Tree of Life Judaica, who carried the book but felt it would be most appropriate not to display it face-out. Nevertheless, “We sold a metric buttload of those books.” 2004 Computer Gaming World (U.S.) (May 1) “Civilization III: Conquests; Queen Tom versus El Bruce” no. 238,: It may be the late 15th century, but the Spanish have a ton of street cred. They are also going to have a metric buttload of treasure, because Hispaniola is founded right on a tobacco resource and adjacent to some gems. At the end of the game, I’ll have my jewelers make me a fancy victory ring. 2004 Merlin Mann 5ives (Sept. 14) “Five ass-related words I think I use a lot”: metric assload (n.)—a lot. 2004 Matt Haughey A Whole Lotta Nothing (Oct. 10) “A metric assload of Journey tunes”: (title) 2004 Maureen Johnson Bermudez Triangle (Oct. 12) p. 334: I got a credit card and bought a metric shitload of DVDs so that she could pick the one she wanted to watch.

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I don’t know if you care about etymology, but it seems to be derived by analogy to ‘metric ton’ (1 Mg or 1000 Kg), which is about 10% larger than the ‘short ton’ of 2000 lbs. commonly referred to as ‘ton’ in the US. Therefore, a ‘metric assload’ would be even larger than a normal assload.

by The Monster 07 Sep 07, 1037 GMT