what the Hell
See also: what the hell
English
Phrase
- Rare form of what the hell.
- 1962 April, C. S. Jennison, “I'm Leery of Firms With Easy Terms”, in The Atlantic Monthly[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:
- In short, the merchants with wares to sell / Consider my cash a crime / And keep advising me – what the Hell – / To buy what I need On Time.
- 1996 August, Stephen Dedman, “Never Seen by Waking Eyes”, in Kristine Kathryn Rusch, editor, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 91, number 2, West Cornwall, Conn.: Mercury Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 140:
- My private library clashes with the rest of the leatherbound decor, but what the Hell.
- 1999 July–August, Laurence M[ark] Janifer, “GCEA”, in Stanley Schmidt, editor, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, volume CXVIX, numbers 7 and 8, Norwalk, Conn.: Dell Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 178 and 186, column 2:
- “[…] It is vital that we discover.” / I gave him another smile, a little less bright. “I suppose it is,” I said. And what the Hell, maybe it was. […] But if Gerhand was right about the range requirement, it did look as if we had an oddity on our hands. And what the Hell, oddities do happen.