What it means
A shedload is a massive amount of something, the sort of pile that feels like it could fill a garden shed. Nobody’s measuring it with a tape, it’s just a handy, slightly daft way to say loads, usually with a bit of mild disbelief. Works for work, food, emails, grief, you name it.
Usage examples
"I said bring snacks, not a shedload of sausage rolls. Now Dave’s turned up with a shedload of mates and the kettle’s already on its last legs"
"We sold a shedload of tickets in the first hour alone."
"There is still a shedload of work to get through before Friday."
Where it comes from
A shedload is a polite, euphemistic dodge for a much cruder word: it stands in for the unprintable version while keeping the same sense of a vast quantity. Literally it pictures as much stuff as you could cram into a whole shed. So a shedload of work, a shedload of money, a shedload of trouble, always means an enormous, almost overwhelming amount.
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