metric fuckload

metric fuckload
 n.— «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.» —“Yet *More* Meeting Peeves” by Geoff Miller Usenet: alt.peeves Feb. 18, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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