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a metric shit ton

rude slang A staggeringly huge amount (of something). I'm sorry, I can't come on the trip this weekend. I've got a metric shit ton of work to catch up on. You're going to be in a metric shit ton of trouble if you get caught. Of course he sold out—the studio dumped a metric shit ton of money at his feet.
See also: metric, shit, ton

a metric shitload

rude slang A staggeringly huge amount (of something). I'm sorry, I can't come on the trip this weekend. I've got a metric shitload of work to catch up on. You're going to be in a metric shitload of trouble if you get caught. Of course he sold out—the studio dumped a metric shitload of money at his feet.
See also: metric, shitload
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

metric shitload

n. a whole lot (of something). (Usually objectionable.) He is one metric shitload of trouble.
See also: metric, shitload
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • shitton
  • ton
  • tonne
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