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HE-double-L
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English
Etymology
"Hell" spelled out.
Noun
HE-double-L -
en idiomatic euphemistic Hell.
en 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
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”.
See also
en HE-double-toothpicks
en HE-double-hockey-sticks
en abbreviated euphemisms