different between shitload vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• shit load, shit-load

Etymology

shit (large amount) +? -load

Pronunciation

Noun

shitload (plural shitloads)

1. (vulgar, slang) A large amount.
   • 1980, Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale, Used Cars

     Roy Fuchs’ Assistant: I just heard there's a shitload of used cars coming this way.

Synonyms

• (an unspecific but large amount): arseload (vulgar), assload (vulgar), buttload (mildly vulgar), crapload (vulgar), fuckload (vulgar), fuckton (vulgar), metric shitload (vulgar), shedload (euphemistic), shitful (vulgar), shit-ton or shitton (vulgar)
• See Thesaurus:lot

Related terms

• Category:English words derived from: load (noun)

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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