[ExI] buttload

[Keith Henson]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> On 5/4/2011 6:59 AM, spike wrote:
>
>> I think there
>> is a buttload of money to be made here.
>
> I've never understood this American phrase.

In some respects it isn't even American.

a large load, of about 108 imperial gallons (491 liters). From the
middle-english 'butt' (n), which is a large cask/container used for
storing liquids, esp wine

You can find more than you want of alternate explanations here
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=buttload

Or an exact measurement here:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_metric_equivalent_of_a_butt_load

Two hogsheads, sheesh.

Keith

> I assume you don't keep your
> money inside your rectum, and since that's quite a small space it suggests a
> rather small amount of money, even in large bills. Hiding your plastic card
> up there would be rather painful. Or does it suggest (as Freudians claimed)
> that, to the unconscious, money = shit?
>
> Just wondering.
>
> Damien Broderick
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