English Explanatory Dictionary

what the

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Used to express astonishment or incredulity, as a question or questioning of the situation at hand, without requiring any specific vulgarity as intensifier.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-what the.wav

Word forms

what the what the …

Etymology

From various expressions such as what the Sam Hill, what the hey, what the heck, what the hell and what the fuck by aposiopesis.

Related words

what the actual fuck what the crap what the cuss what the Devil what the dickens what the eff what the fish what the flip what the fuck what the fudge what the heck what the hell what the hey what the Sam Hill what the shit
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