Buttload

I've thought about something for a long time, a VERY long time. And I have come to a conclusion. Now mind you, I have no facts to back up this conclusion. I'm not even sure that facts EXIST to back up this conclusion. I base my entire argument solely on common sense; however, I think it will be enough to prove my point.

There is no such word as "buttload".

I looked it up at OneLook.com, and it gave me the following possible "near-misses":

busload

bloated

bailout

boutade

brotula

butanol

bullboat

balloted

butland

blattoid

Hell, I've never even HEARD of some of those. (What's a brotula? A special spatula for flipping brots?)

Now, there IS such a word as "boatload". You can see the definition here.

My theory, which I wholeheartedly believe to be true, is that "buttload" is nothing more than a corruption of "boatload". The meanings even correspond (well, the informal meaning of "boatload", anyway).

And if you thought "buttload" was bad enough, recently I've heard people using the term "assload". I'm sorry, that's absolutely NASTY, and conjures up all kinds of mental imagery that, quite frankly, I don't care to see.