pant load

pant load
 n.— «No wonder these “newbies” can be a pant load. The media has spoon fed them frosted covered cheerios when the real world is shredded wheat.» —“Newbie hackers have it rougher” by VSenses Usenet: alt.hacker Feb. 17, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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