the fuck
Meaning
- (slang, vulgar) Used with an interrogative pronoun as an intensifier to express anger, frustration, incredulity, or other strong emotion.
- (slang, vulgar) Used after verbs forming a part of a phrasal verb as an intensifier to imply aggressive emphasis.
- (slang, vulgar) Used as a shortened form of the common interrogative phrases.
- (slang, vulgar) Used to emphatically express that something isn't true.
- (slang, vulgar) Used to emphasize an adjective; fucking.
Etymology
Perhaps modelled after the hell, short for in the hell as in "What in the hell, ...".
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