Tag: “hell” as a compliment
A thought on “…. as hell!”
I can’t exactly say it only just occurred to me but a word-use factoid popped into my brain after playing up a view from a home renovation as “nice as hell” The thought is that the saying has the potential to not be taken as a compliment / positive usage as intended. We’re talking hell here; fire, brimstone, negatives, burn baby, burn! A fitting use of the “as hell” saying is something like “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it any more!”
To use it as part of a compliment? A positive reaction to something impressive? It’s a habit of mine and in society in general… It’s also a contradiction. Think about it, it’s weird as hell and… uh, you get my point.
