Meanings
hellevator1
plural hellevators
- slangA scary elevator; an elevator that takes one to a frightening location.
- slanguncommonAn elevator that is poorly-maintained, dangerous or claustrophobic.
- humorousoftenfictionAlternative letter-case form of Hellevator (“a notional elevator that leads to Hell”).
Hellevator2
plural Hellevators · alternative hellevator
- humorousoftenfictionA notional elevator that leads to Hell; an elevator that directs damned souls to Hell.
1 more example
STEWARDESS: If you look to your right you will see fourteen Damned Souls about to descend to the underworld in the Hellevator... JIMMY: It's all puns up here, isn't it? LOGICAL MAN: (fiddling with the strap on his goggles) Ay? STEWARDESS: We respectfully ask that all Angels refrain from gloating at the Damned and let them descend in dignity. Jimmy sees the man with the huge and fascinating life from earlier walking to the Hellevator looking glum. JIMMY: Poor bastard.
2012, Henry Harding, The Bells Of St. Mary's, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 25 - Alternative letter-case form of hellevator.
Origin
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hellevator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hellevator
“hellevator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hellevator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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