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intjEtymology From various expressions such as what the Sam Hill, what the hey, what the heck, what the hell and what the fuck by aposiopesis.
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Used to express astonishment or incredulity, as a question or questioning of the situation at hand, without requiring any specific vulgarity as intensifier.
- Hee haw! Did that come out of me? Oh! Huh? What the …? What's going on? Ahhh!1940, as realization dawns that he is turning into a donkey, in Pinocchio (motion-picture), spoken by Lampwick (Frankie Darrow), Burbank: Disney; distributed by RKO Radio Pictures:
- Related terms
- 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