different between shitten vs shitton

English

Alternative forms

• shiten

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?n/
• Rhymes: -?t?n

Verb

shitten

1. (archaic) past participle of shit
2. (archaic) past participle of shite

Adjective

shitten (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Covered with or stained by excrement
2. (archaic) Of or pertaining to excrement
3. (by extension) disgusting; contemptible.

   • Thy lady is a scurvy lady, and a shitten lady,
     And, though I never heard of her, a deboshed lady.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:shitten.

English

Alternative forms

• shit-ton, shit ton, shit-tonne

Etymology

shit +? ton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?t?n/

Noun

shitton (plural shittons)

1. (vulgar, slang) An enormous amount; a fuckload.
   • 1994 October 26, "daniel federman" (username), "Re: PULP FICTION BOX OFFICE RESULTS?", in rec.arts.movies, Usenet:

     Most megahits cost a shitton to produce, but Pulp Fiction was only 12 million dollars, according to Rolling Stone.

   • 2000 July 13, "jkeeton" (username), "Current Events in St. Louis. *LONG*", in alt.umr.student.babble, Usenet:

     How do they expect that by preventing a shitton of rich honkies from going home will gain support for their cause?

   • 2005, Brian Costello, The Enchanters Vs. Sprawlburg Springs, Featherproof Books, ?ISBN, page 109:

     These workdays were long, and through vicious wine hangovers, exhaustion, dehydration, and ringing ears, I tried learning how to make Shitton of Meat Sandwiches. […] ¶ […] Sometimes, I got it right; other times, I'd forget to put on necessities like the cheese, and, on more than one occasion, the Shitton of Meat.

   • 2005 October 14, "Aeire", commentary on the 2004 January 14 Queen of Wands:

     No, I'm not poly. I have a shitton of friends who are however, and it's one of those 'alternative lifestyles' (if you want to call it that I suppose) that people rarely hear about.

   • 2010 January 27, "eric gisse" (username), "Supermassive black hole rotation & host galaxy rotation", in sci.astro and other newsgroups, Usenet:

     A few billion years of local perturbations add up to a shitton more effect than can be mounted against the overall galaxy.

Synonyms

See synonyms at shitload § Synonyms.

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