Wheel, Snipe, Celly

About

Wheel, Snipe, Celly is a slang term used in the sport hockey to referring to the action of skating fast (wheel), shooting (snipe) and celebrating (celly). The term was popularized as a catchphrase on the Canadian television series Letterkenny, where it has also been used as an expression by men to describe the act of courting women.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the phrase online was in the episode of web series Letterkenny Problems entitled "Hockey Players," which was uploaded on June 18th, 2013. Within seven years, the video received more than 10.8 million views (shown below).

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On November 12th, 2016, Urban Dictionary ^[1] user Chrome3 defined the expression as "Canadian hockey slang term: wheel means skate fast, snipe means shoot and celly means celebrate. Wheel, snipe, celly, boys! Reilly and Stewart liked my post! means shoot and celly means celebrate." The post received more than 85 upvotes in less than three years (shown below).

The catchphrase's popularity has inspired various merchandise based on Letterkenny (example below, left). It has also been used in general conversation regarding the series. For example, on September 12th, 2018, Redditor ^[2] friggengenius posted "Wheel, snipe, celly, boys! Reilly and Stewart liked my post" (shown below, right).

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