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English
Etymology
"Hell" spelled out, referring to the fact that capital "L" looks like a hockey stick.
Noun
HE-double-hockey-sticks pl (plural only)
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) Hell.
2002, Eric G. Stephan, R. Wayne Pace, Powerful Leadership: How to Unleash the Potential in Others and Simplify Your Own Life: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."
2003, Susan Neville, Iconography: A Writer's Meditation:He's made the mother's life a living HE-double-hockey-sticks, my daughter says.
2005, Mike Joens, Blood Reins: A Detective Sandra Cameron Mystery: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.
Usage notes
- May be spelled with varying levels of hyphen usage.
- Other L-shaped objects (such as toothpicks) are sometimes used in place of hockey sticks.
See also