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StephenLai Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

What the hell....

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02font 00 It's a mild form of 'bad language', of swearing. I would avoid saying it in a business meeting, or to your grandmother, or in church, or anywhere you want to be polite. 02br 02br 00Actually, I don't hear a lot of people saying that these days.

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  • 02font 00 It's a mild form of 'bad language', of swearing.
  • I would avoid saying it in a business meeting, or to your grandmother, or in church, or anywhere you want to be polite.
  • 02br 02br 00Actually, I don't hear a lot of people saying that these days.
  • Perhaps I just know polite people, or maybe it has become a bit old-fashioned.
  • , Why the **** .
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Is this slang popular?02font00 It's a mild form of 'bad language', of swearing. I would avoid saying it in a business meeting, or to your grandmother, or in church, or anywhere you want to be polite. 02br
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00Actually, I don't hear a lot of people saying that these days. Perhaps I just know
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0 You might also hear "What the heck," as a sort of euphmism for "what the ****." 0-
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0 Thank you all~ 0-
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0 I hear "what the ****?" used frequently. I'm a university student, so I know it's not due to my agedness.0-
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0Really? So, It's used frequently.02br
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00But, as they said that if you want to be polite, you would not say that, right?02br
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00Or it's old usage?0-
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0It's something you say to express anger (or humorous mock anger) in a question, and no, it is not really polite.02br
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00Someone backs their car into yours: 'What the **** have you done to my car?!'0-
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0 If you wnat a polite version that you could use in any circumstance, you could say "what on Earth....!?" 0-
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0 "What the ****?" can also be used to express shock or surprise. For instance, if someone was running down the road dressed like a pink chicken, a person that saw it might say "what the **** was that?!" or simply "what the ****?"0-
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