What is "sam hill"

euphemism for "Hell," 1839, American English, of unknown origin.

Sam or Samuel Hill may refer to:

• Sam Hill (euphemism), a euphemism for 'hell' or 'damn'

Sam Hill is an American English slang phrase, a euphemism or minced oath for "the devil" or " hell" personified (as in, "What in the Sam Hill is that?"). Etymologist Michael Quinion and others date the expression back to the late 1830s; they and others consider the expression to have been a simple bowdlerization, with, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, an unknown origin.

Sam Hill (born 21 July 1985 in Viveash, Western Australia), is an Australian professional downhill mountain biker. He was two time consecutive UCI World Downhill Champion during years 2006–2007 for Iron Horse racing team. He won the 2010 world championships in Mont Saint Anne, riding for the Monster Energy Specialized team on a Specialized Demo 8 II. He also won the 2007 and 2009 UCI Elite Men's Downhill World Cup (Overall). In December 2012 it was announced that Hill had signed for the Chain Reaction Cycles/Nukeproof team.

Sam Hill (born 4 April 1992) is a rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership. He made his debut for the club against Wasps on 28 January 2012 and he plays as a centre.

Hill attended Cheriton Bishop Primary School before moving on to Queen Elizabeths Community College in Crediton. Having played for Crediton RFC until the age of 15, Sam was honoured to gain selection for England under 16s and moved to Ivybridge College sixth form for two years.

He is currently dual-registered with Cornish Pirates to aid his player development.

Hill has been a regular for England juniors going back to his try scoring debut against the Namibia invitational XV. Hill has also recently been selected to play for England Saxons gaining one cap prompting a call up to England's pre-tour training squad to New Zealand.

Sam Hill is an American television director and television producer. He is best known for his directing and producing work on the television series CSI: Miami. His other directing credits include CSI: NY, Cult, Body of Proof, Almost Human, Believe, Forever and Scorpion.

Prior to working in television, Hill worked as a film assistant director, most notably on the films Cruel Intentions (1999), Cruel Intentions 2 (2002) and The Sweetest Thing (2002), all of which were directed by Roger Kumble.