HE-double-hockey-sticks en · NOUN
Etymology
The word hell spelled out, referring to the fact that the capital letter L resembles a hockey stick.
Meanings
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(childish, euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only, usually) Hell.
She knew Kate didn't have a snowball's chance in HE-Double hockey-sticks, with Angelina's Zee-Zee and Bud's Mister Dobson winning everything.
2005, Mike Joens, Blood Reins: A Detective Sandra Cameron Mystery:His voice rose about an octave, actually just short of a scream, and he said something to the effect that "it's an HE-double-hockey-sticks-week at work."
2002, Eric G. Stephan, R. Wayne Pace, Powerful Leadership: How to Unleash the Potential in Others and Simplify Your Own Life:He's made the mother's life a living HE-double-hockey-sticks, my daughter says.
2003, Susan Neville, Iconography: A Writer's Meditation:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| aitch ee double hockey sticks | alternative | lexicographic |