HE-double-toothpicks

noun

Hell.

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Meanings

nounHE-double-toothpicks (uncountable)
  1. euphemisticidiomaticuncountableHell.

    When they do, all kinds of h-e-double-toothpicks can ensue—including a mac that freezes during the startup process.

    2002, Christopher Breen, Mac 911
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    Yet you try it out and the gimpy ones will scream H-E double toothpicks about Social Security in their golden years, which I want to tell them I need some security right now or I'm not going to have any golden years.

    1982, Peter W. Davis, Hometown

    Rural Mormons like my friend do not use the "H word" lightly. They say "HE double toothpicks" rather than pronounce the word out loud.

    1999, Chip Ward, Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West

Origin

The word hell spelled out, referring to the fact that a lowercase L resembles a toothpick.

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APA

HE-double-toothpicks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HE-double-toothpicks

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Chicago

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