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what the eff

what the eff is the euphemistic form of what the fuck.

Meaning of what the fuck

Phrase

what the fuck

  1. (interrogative, slang, vulgar) An intensive form of what.
    • What the fuck were you thinking? What the fuck was I thinking? What the fuck are you doing?
    Synonyms:
    what in God's name, what in tarnation, what in the world, what on Earth, what the dickens, what the Devil, what the deuce, what the heck, what the hell, what the hey

See all 3 meanings of what the fuck

Forms of what the eff

alternative formwhat the ef

Origin of what the eff

See eff (“fuck”).

Questions about what the eff

What is what the eff the euphemistic form of?
What the eff is the euphemistic form of what the fuck.

Words near what the eff in the dictionary

  1. what the cuss
  2. what the deuce
  3. what the Devil
  4. what the doctor ordered
  5. what the ef
  6. what the eff
  7. what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over
  8. what the fish
  9. what the flip
  10. what the flying fuck
  11. what the fuck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: what the eff (page history and authors); what the fuck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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