hellifying
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hellifying (comparative more hellifying, superlative most hellifying)
- (slang) Extreme.
- 1979 December 17, Bill Bowell, quoting Lavelle Burrus, “Police chief's leaving is traumatic for small town”, in The Courier-Journal, volume 249, number 170, Louisville, K.: Louisville Courier-Journal Print. Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 1:
- "I had to quit as Corydon chief of police because it was a hellifying experience," he said later as he and his wife moved their belongings into their house in Henderson, about 10 miles northeast of Corydon.
- 1990, Gloria Yamato, “Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name”, in Gloria Anzaldúa, editor, Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color, San Francisco, C.A.: Aunt Lute Foundation Books, →ISBN, page 20:
- Many believe that racism can be dealt with effectively in one hellifying workshop, or one hour-long heated discussion. Many actually believe this monster, racism, that has had at least a few hundred years to take root, grow, invade our space and develop subtle variations...this mind-funk that distorts thought and action, can be merely wished away.
- 2006, Renée Alexis, Gotta Have It, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Publishign Corp., →ISBN, page 136:
- Yes, I was about to get some hellifying penetration again, and that certainly would take my mind off of Jasmine.
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
hellifying
- present participle and gerund of hellify
References[edit]
- Jonathon Green (2024) “hellifying adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang