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HE-double-toothpicks

HE-double-toothpicks noun: hell.

Noun

HE-double-toothpicks (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) Hell.
    • 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 of HE-double-toothpicks

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

Questions about HE-double-toothpicks

What does HE-double-toothpicks mean?
HE-double-toothpicks means hell.
What part of speech is HE-double-toothpicks?
HE-double-toothpicks is a noun.

Words near HE-double-toothpicks in the dictionary

  1. he-cats
  2. he-devil
  3. he-devils
  4. HE-double-hockey-sticks
  5. HE-double-L
  6. HE-double-toothpicks
  7. he-elephant
  8. he-gate
  9. he-goat
  10. he-goats
  11. he-haw

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