Phrase info

for the hell of it

Meaning

for the hell of it

(idiomatic) For no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; or to relieve boredom.
There's no big unrest; we're having a revolution just for the hell of it.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. Edmund Hillary

An average man is too concerned with liking people or with being liked himself. A warrior likes, that's all. He likes whatever or whomever he wants, for the hell of it. Carlos Castaneda

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it. Shelley Duvall

I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it. Mackenzie Davis

Pure nonsense is a joy forever, as Keats didn't quite say. I love to see a writer flying high, just for the hell of it. William Zinsser

LJ Highfield said: “One of the problems with public toilets is the use some make of them…those who graffiti and smash them up, just for the hell of it. Source: Internet

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