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fresh hell

fresh hell noun: a new undesirable situation.

Noun

fresh hell (plural fresh hells)

  1. (colloquial) A new undesirable situation.
    • What fresh hell is this?
    • So what further fresh hells await the woman fool enough to think that this guy would be different?2000, Jonathan Edwards, Addie Stephen, Coming Clean, page 89
  2. (colloquial) Used in what-questions for emphasis.
    • What in the fresh hell is going on?

Forms of fresh hell

pluralfresh hells

Origin of fresh hell

Quote Investigator offers a convincing analysis of this phrase's origins: it is apparent that Dorothy Parker's use of it had earlier influences or antecedents, but her use of it led others to further popularize it.

Questions about fresh hell

What does fresh hell mean?
Fresh hell means a new undesirable situation.
What part of speech is fresh hell?
Fresh hell is a noun.
What is the plural of fresh hell?
The plural of fresh hell is fresh hells.

Words near fresh hell in the dictionary

  1. fresh cut
  2. fresh cuts
  3. fresh eyes
  4. fresh fucked fox in a forest fire
  5. fresh grad
  6. fresh hell
  7. fresh hells
  8. Fresh Kills
  9. fresh legs
  10. fresh lumpia
  11. fresh lumpias

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