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what the hey

what the hey phrase: what the hell.

Phrase

what the hey

  1. (euphemistic) What the hell.
    • Hold the phone, folks! What the hey's going on? What happened to the Great Gonzales?!?2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville

Questions about what the hey

What does what the hey mean?
What the hey means what the hell.
What part of speech is what the hey?
What the hey is a phrase.

Words near what the hey in the dictionary

  1. what the goodyear
  2. what the hay
  3. what the heck
  4. what the hell
  5. what the helly
  6. what the hey
  7. what the scallop
  8. what the shit
  9. what the what
  10. what though
  11. what time

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