[Ads-l] fuck ton

[Ben Zimmer]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:34 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" had a Mark Zuckerberg character refer
> to a "fuck ton" of something.
>
> Bigger than a shitload, acc. to UrbanD, which has exx. back to 2003.
>
> There is also a "shit ton."
>

A handy guide from Iva Cheung on the Strong Language blog...

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/units-of-fucking-measure/

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