# Need answer now British term for many **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722 "2010-10-10T21:30:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/1 "2010-10-10T21:30:52Z")
What is a British word for many or ‘a lot’ Two syllables. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/2 "2010-10-10T22:44:59Z")
“Many”. Or, I don’t know. There are dozens of words in the Eglish language for “many”. I don’t know which ones the colonies don’t use. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/3 "2010-10-10T23:41:07Z")
Oodles. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/4 "2010-10-10T23:43:04Z")
bumload arseload loadsa ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/5 "2010-10-10T23:53:11Z")
scads ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/6 "2010-10-11T01:45:47Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > scads Two syllables. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/7 "2010-10-11T01:52:33Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > > [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > > > scads > > Two syllables. Ooops! Missed that part… ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/8 "2010-10-11T02:13:34Z")
If you mean the adjective _many_, rather than the nouns people have suggested so far\*, I can’t think of many two-syllable synonyms. [Thesaurus.com](http://Thesaurus.com) suggests _profuse_, _sundry_, _divers_, _umpteen_, maybe _legion_. [edit] - except _loadsa_, that one works ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/9 "2010-10-11T05:20:14Z")
Over two hours? I’m sorry the puppy died because you were so late with a reply. But I’m thinking bumload or arseload. “scads of” and oodles may work as well. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/10 "2010-10-11T05:26:10Z")
OK, so now I am curious. I thought you were trying to solve a crossword puzzle or something. Are you writing a song? Coaching Madonna on her British accent? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/11 "2010-10-11T05:39:41Z")
I immediately thought of “donkey’s,” as in “donkey’s years.” However, I don’t think “donkey’s” on its own makes any sense, “donkey’s year’s” being an idiom. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/12 "2010-10-11T05:56:43Z")
My boyfriend says “I haven’t seen him in donkeys” all the time (born-and-bred Ulsterman). ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/13 "2010-10-11T07:43:46Z")
There’s also ‘shedloads’. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/14 "2010-10-11T08:11:52Z")
Also shitloads and scadloads. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/15 "2010-10-11T08:45:10Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > My boyfriend says “I haven’t seen him in donkeys” all the time (born-and-bred Ulsterman). I’m quite sure he says “I haven’t seen him in dunkeys” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/16 "2010-10-11T19:40:48Z")
Plenty ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/17 "2010-10-11T20:13:33Z")
Do you say “heaps”, or is that just Australian? ---
**Author:** ![put\_down\_the\_sabre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@put\_down\_the\_sabre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/put_down_the_sabre)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-now-british-term-for-many/556722/18 "2010-10-11T20:15:21Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Do you say “heaps”, or is that just Australian? ‘Heaps’ actually sounds rather American to my ears. pdts