H-E-double-hockey-sticks

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H-E-double-hockey-sticks

A euphemistic spelling of "hell," referring to each L resembling a hockey stick in shape. "Oh yeah?" said Tommy to the schoolyard bully. "Well, you can go to H-E-double-hockey-sticks!"

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anstruther	['ænstrʌðə]
Dervla	-	Irish
Gillian	JIL-ee-ən, GIL-ee-ən	English
Laura	LAWR-ə (English), LOW-rah (Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch), LAW-oo-raw (Hungarian)	English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croa
Patricia	[pə'triʃə]
Leonarda	-	Italian