HE-double-toothpicks
nounEtymology The word hell spelled out, referring to the fact that a lowercase L resembles a toothpick.
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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:
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- 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:
- Related terms
- HE-double-hockey-sticks