hellride

English

Etymology

From hell +‎ ride.

Noun

hellride (plural hellrides)

1. A hellish journey or experience.
   • 1978, Roger Zelazny, The Chronicles of Amber, page 171:

     We indulged in a bit of casual lovemaking on my return from a hellride to a place where I obtained a sufficient quantity of rough diamonds to pay for the things I was going to need for my assault on Amber.

   • 2012, Ben Macallan, Pandaemonium:

     Which was when I reached into my pocket with my other hand – trusting Horse to keep me on his back, pretty much; but he'd done well so far, and this wasn't a hellride through the undiscovered landscape of his mind, just an amble up into the hills […]

   • 2014, G Whiz, Unbroken:

     Bestselling author Christopher McDougall enthusiastically praised Laura's novel by calling it "a hellride of a story". He remarks on the "courage", "adventure", and "charisma" of Louis […]