HE-double-hockey-sticks

noun

Hell.

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Meanings

nounHE-double-hockey-sticks pl (plural only)

alternative aitch ee double hockey sticks

  1. childisheuphemisticidiomaticpluralplural onlyusuallyHell.

    He's made the mother's life a living HE-double-hockey-sticks, my daughter says.

    2003, Susan Neville, Iconography: A Writer's Meditation
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    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

    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

Origin

The word hell spelled out, referring to the fact that the capital letter L resembles a hockey stick.

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APA

HE-double-hockey-sticks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HE-double-hockey-sticks

MLA

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Chicago

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