English Explanatory Dictionary

up what spring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. What the hell are you saying?

Word forms

up what spring

Etymology

Partial calque of Cantonese 噏乜春 (ngap¹ mat¹ ceon¹, “what the hell are you babbling about”, literally “what testicles are you babbling about”), where 春 (ceon¹) is a homograph meaning both “testicles” and “spring (season)”. By surface analysis, Cantonese up + what + spring.

Synonyms

up mud spring up mud 9 up what 9
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