forty minutes of hell



forty minutes of hell

In collegiate basketball, the entire duration (40 minutes) of a game played in a suffocatingly aggressive manner. The phrase was reportedly coined by Nolan Richardson while coaching the Arkansas Razorbacks in the mid-1990s. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. OK, everyone, go out there and give them forty minutes of hell—don't even give them a chance to breathe!
See also: forty, hell, minute, of

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NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BaxterBAKS-tərEnglish
JaŠA-Slovene
MariÁN-Slovak, Czech, Hungarian
Piripi-Maori
Paris (1)PER-is (English), PAR-is (English)Greek Mythology
NereusNEER-oos (English), NEER-ee-əs (English)Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek