HE-double-L
English edit
Etymology edit
"Hell" spelled out.
Noun edit
HE-double-L (uncountable)
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) Hell.
- 1882, Walter Parke, Lays of the saintly: or, The new golden legend:
- As narrow and close as a coffin, and dark as H E double L.
Usage notes edit
- May be spelled with varying hyphen usage, spacing, and capitalization.
- L-shaped objects (such as toothpicks or hockey sticks) are sometimes named in place of the letter L.
- For humorous reasons, the “L” may be replaced with a more taboo word than “Hell”, e.g. “HE-double-fuck”.