The phrase "about a shitload of" is correct and usable in written English, though it is informal and somewhat vulgar.
It can be used in casual contexts to emphasize a large quantity of something.
Example: "I have about a shitload of work to finish before the deadline."
Alternatives: "a ton of" or "a large amount of".
Bridey, you're about to spend a shitload of cash on your wedding, but, when it comes to the everyday stuff like bills, and groceries, etc., you argue.
"It's not like we expected anything massive from her -- but you'd think even talking about herself for a shitload of money might hold her attention span longer than the Alaskan governorship or college ever did.
will.i.am talked about DJing one night, making a "shitload of money spinning somebody else's music". After giving it some thought (and clearing it with his mother!) he gave that money to people losing their homes to foreclosure.
And this means, unfortunately for your home town, there are about five million young people and a shitload of Pret a Manger's that are going to flood out of London and into the next city du jour over the next couple of years.
"There's a shitload of talk about it as you can imagine and people are excited," 25-year-old Ralph Sergo, who's doing ten years for LSD at FCI Coleman in Florida, said in an email.
"Maybe I haven't taken a shitload of drugs, but I am singing about my own life, my own internal struggles".
It seems the veterans know to have thorough conversations about everything from poly arrangements to time management expectations and to drink a shitload of water.
The slowness is caused by confluence of factors; namely the macroeconomic climate, poorly performing tech IPOs, uncertainty about mobile, a relative freeze on major social acquisitions from Google and yes, a shitload of seed funded companies going nowhere.
Developers Volition put a shitload of solid weapons into their game, a tense FPS about miners rising up to overthrow an oppressive mega-corp.
