fresh hell

noun

Etymology

Quote Investigator offers a convincing analysis of this phrase's origins: it is apparent that Dorothy Parker's use of it had earlier influences or antecedents, but her use of it led others to further popularize it.

Definitions

  1. A new undesirable situation.

    • What fresh hell is this?
    • So what further fresh hells await the woman fool enough to think that this guy would be different?
  2. Used in what-questions for emphasis.

    • What in the fresh hell is going on?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fresh hell. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA