buttload or boatload

The original expression (meaning “a lot”), both more polite and more logical, is “boatload.”

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• all for not vs all for naught
• greatful vs grateful
• heal vs heel
• tripple vs triple
• absorbtion vs absorption
• benefactor vs beneficiary
• pastorial vs pastoral
• in tact vs intact
• grill vs grille
• as less as possible vs as little as possible

Definitions

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• n  the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
  he imported wine by the boatload

News & Articles

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• ‘Principle Or Politics?’ The Five Asks Why Americans Changed Their Tune On Civil Liberties From Bush To Obama
  Fox News' The Five traveled all the way down to Washington, D.C. Tuesday for a special show in the nation's capital. And the team used their new setting to explore the implications of a new Pew research poll that shows how Americans' views on civil liberties have shifted depending on which party holds the White House. "There are a buttload of hypocrite Democrats and a fair amount of Republicans...
  June 11, 2013 - Mediaite

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• Drought relief may be a temporary respite
  Lake Thunderbird is a foot above the conservation pool for the first time in three years and Cleveland County is coming off a boatload of rain and violent spring weather. Local municipalities have ended mandatory water conservation ...
  June 15, 2013 - The Norman Transcript
• The Best Part Of Lomo’s Latest Camera: Building It Yourself
  Why do you have to build the Lomo Konstruktor? Why do you add an egg to Betty Crocker cake mix? If you’re an engineer, it’s an awesome time to be alive. You have 3-D printers, inexpensive microprocessors, and a boatload of SDKs to build things with. But if you’re an everyday person who doesn’t know coding and CAD, the whole world of gadget creation has probably been lost on you (just like it has ...
  June 14, 2013 - Fast Company Magazine
• Arsenal Transfer News: Latest Buzz on Exits of Gervinho and Nicklas Bendtner
  Transfer windows aren't just good for bringing in reinforcements. They can be a great time to offload unwanted players. Arsenal have had their fair share of dead weight over the last few years. Countless players have come in with a boatload of potential, only to flame out a few years later. Part of the reason Arsene Wenger hasn't been able to get the Gunners a trophy is that he loses so many ...
  June 14, 2013 - Bleacher Report