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Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 10/31/2006 - 7:34am.

If I enjoy the heck out of my day, by the time evening arrives I'll be heckless. As vast as the English language can be, I think I just stumbled on a condition ("heckless") that needs definition. Surely you OlyBlogger wordsmiths can help me out here.

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Submitted by enpen on Tue, 10/31/2006 - 9:03am.

heckless [hek-les] adj. lacking a remarkable character: Ben Stein gives a completely heckless performance.

heckless [hek-les] n. without the ability to guide yarn onto a bobbin.

"If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer. If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!"

Source of Presidential Heck

Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 10/31/2006 - 10:24am.

I'm bound by prior oath to not assist you in your heckless definition quest but I can point out a well of heck that you can draw from. Our very own Prez is an gracious source of overflowing heck, why, in this one speech alone..........

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She's a heck of a Secretary of State, though. And Don Rumsfeld is a heck of a Secretary of the Defense, and I want to thank you both for joining together on this initiative

I appreciate all the Ambassadors who are here. I'm scanning the room. I see a few familiar faces, and thanks for serving. What the heck are you doing here? Like, you're supposed to be -- (laughter.) The deal was overseas. (Laughter.)

We're facing an ideological struggle, and we're going to win. Our ideology is a heck of a lot more hopeful than theirs.

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Plus he even flashed the universal I-have-lots-of-Heck symbol.

Submitted by Rick on Tue, 10/31/2006 - 2:57pm.

heckless [hek-les] adj. The state of being unable to use a minced oath or other strategy to avoid the production of a profane word or gesture. Example: "He spoke in such a heckless manner that the young ladies were quite agog at his protestations." See also Tourette's Syndrome.

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow

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Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 10/31/2006 - 7:11pm.

I'd never heard that definition before, very cool.

I do believe "heckless" can be used somehow in a sentence with "fetid".

Speaking of Heck & Lack Of

Submitted by Sarah on Fri, 11/03/2006 - 11:34pm.

Just rediscovered this: Bite the Heck

Heckless:

Submitted by Meta Hogan on Sun, 11/05/2006 - 12:55pm.

a state wherein problem burrs still exist on straight edge parts, and short run sheet metal parts go tragically unnibbled. The Plasma Pal has, to the detriment of all, gone uninvented... thus, no single fabricator has one of these in his toolbox. Heckless, indeed.
Is there such a thing as the opposite, like "heckful"?

Heckful

Submitted by Sarah on Sun, 11/05/2006 - 1:54pm.

Yes, it was invented by a marvelous woman named Meta Hogan. Prior possible sightings of the word were mere typos.

Usage: "Man, that turkey

Submitted by Norm on Sun, 11/05/2006 - 2:02pm.

Usage: "Man, that turkey dinner left me sure the heckful!"

"How the heckful do you want this gas-can pa?"

and don't forget

"You sure the heckful of shit!"

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