heckers
English
Etymology
Interjection
heckers
- (colloquial, euphemistic) Hell.
- 1998, Peter B[lythe] Orlik, quoting a radio advertisement, “Validation”, in Broadcast/Cable Copywriting, 6th edition, Needham Heights, Mass.: Allyn & Bacon, →ISBN, part 1 (Copywriting Dimensions), chapter 6 (CDVP Factors), pages 139–140:
- This Kroger brand cereal can’t be as delicious as (Crunching with a mouthful)---darn! It’s delicious. […] I’ll bet this Kroger brand glass cleaner doesn’t remove this smudge. (Annoyed) Heckers, the smudge is gone.
- 2012, Joel A. Clark, “America’s Dumbest Garage Mechanic”, in Aunt Beak’s Antiques and Other Stories, Kolozigis Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 87:
- Chief explains the rules…get one wrong, they show a video of you bein’ dumb! […] “Who started the Ford Motor Company?” I couldn’t think of anybody, so the Chief shows the video …Oh heckers. It’s me when I lowered the car hoist down, 3,000 pound car crushed my rolling toolbox, with all the tools spilling out all over!
- 2023, M. W. Arnold, chapter 34, in The Lumberjills, book 1, Adams Basin, N.Y.: The Wild Rose Press, Inc., →ISBN:
- As the night drew its blanket over them, the girls cuddled into Vicky, sensing words were superfluous, that only the need to give their friend what comfort they could was important. Only when Harry and Lucy began to shiver, did it occur to Vicky where they were. “Oh, heckers! I’m sorry, girls,” she told them, straightening up. “Look how long I’ve kept you out. Come on, let’s get you washed and to bed, Lucy.”