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{
"etymology_text": "Shortened from earlier what in the hell.",
"head_templates": [
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"head": "what the hell"
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"expansion": "what the hell",
"name": "head"
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"lang": "English",
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"pos": "phrase",
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What the hell is going on?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is that?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell did you do?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is this?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is happening?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell are you?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is it?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell happened here?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell do you want?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is wrong with you?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell do you think you're doing!?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell was that?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is with you?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell was this!?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is all this!?",
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},
{
"text": "What the hell is all that!?",
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"An intensive form of what."
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"id": "en-what_the_hell-en-phrase-V4xV4Ot5",
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"what",
"what"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(mildly vulgar, slang) An intensive form of what."
],
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"slang",
"vulgar"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "māḏā bi-ḥaqq as-samāʔ",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "مَاذَا بِحَقّ اَلسَّمَاء"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kakvo po djavolite",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "какво по дяволите"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "乜鬼"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "什麼鬼"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shénme guǐ?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "什么鬼"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hvad helvede"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "wat voor de donder?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "wat donder?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "kio diable"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mitä helvettiä?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mitä hittoa?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "que diable"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "que carallo?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "que demos?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "was zum Teufel?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "was zur Hölle"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ti diáolo?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "τι διάολο;"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ti sto diáolo?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "τι στο διάολο;"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ti sto kaló?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "τι στο καλό;"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ma laazazél",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "מָה לַעֲזָאזֵל"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mi a fene?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mi az ördög?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"tags": [
"offensive",
"possibly"
],
"word": "mi az isten?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mi a franc?"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mi a halál?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mi a jó isten?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hvað í fjandanum?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hvað í helvítinu?"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "che diavolo? cosa diavolo?"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"alt": "いったいなんだ？",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ittai nan da?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "一体なんだ？"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"alt": "いったいぜんたいなんだ？",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ittai-zentai nan da?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "一体全体なんだ？"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nan da yo, kore?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "なんだよ、これ？"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "alge mwo-ya?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "알게 뭐야?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
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],
"word": "wat to'n Düvel?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "shash líyáadi"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hva i helvete?"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hva faen?"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hva i huleste?"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "kva i helvete?"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "kva i svarte?"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "kva faen?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "چه مرگته؟"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "چه مرضته؟"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "que diabos?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "ce dracu"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "ce naiba"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "što za čort?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "что за чёрт?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kakóvo čórta?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "како́го чёрта?"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "što za čertovščína?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "что за чертовщи́на?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "što za fignjá?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "что за фигня́?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kakóvo xréna?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "како́го хре́на?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "kakóvo xúja?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
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"word": "како́го ху́я?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "što za xujnjá?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
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"word": "что за хуйня́?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "koji vrag?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sh",
"english": "very vulgar",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
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"word": "koji kurac?"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "qué diablos"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "vad i helvete?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "vad tusan?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "vad fan"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "an intensive form of what",
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "ฉิบหาย"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "jakóho bísa?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "яко́го бі́са?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "ščo za bis?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "що за біс?"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "éo biết"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "an intensive form of what",
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"_dis1": "6 94",
"word": "the hell"
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"text": "It’s expensive, but what the hell, you only live once.",
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{
"text": "Surprisingly, dieters ate more ice cream after eating a large milkshake than after eating a small one. Dr. Polivy calls this the “What the hell” effect, which she describes as thinking “What the hell, my diet’s already broken, so I might as well eat everything in sight.”",
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"ref": "1927, Don Marquis, “song of mehitabel”, in archy and mehitabel:",
"text": "i have had my ups and downs / but wotthehell wotthehell / yesterday sceptres and crowns / fried oysters and velvet gowns / and today i herd with bums / but wotthehell wotthehell",
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"glosses": [
"Indicating acceptance, indulgence, or insouciance: Why not? Who cares?"
],
"id": "en-what_the_hell-en-phrase-N6-DVKLw",
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"(mildly vulgar, slang) Indicating acceptance, indulgence, or insouciance: Why not? Who cares?"
],
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"_dis1": "6 94",
"word": "the hell"
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{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"word": "the hell you say"
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"_dis1": "21 79",
"word": "the fuck"
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{
"_dis1": "21 79",
"word": "the hell"
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{
"_dis1": "21 79",
"word": "what on earth"
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{
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"word": "what the fuck"
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"_dis1": "21 79",
"word": "what the heck"
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"word": "what the what"
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{
"_dis1": "21 79",
"word": "what the hey"
}
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"vulgar"
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"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "hvad fanden"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "why not?",
"word": "lekker boeiend"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "ach schijt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "mitä hittoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "pourquoi pas"
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"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "que carallo!"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "was soll's"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "scheiß drauf"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "egye fene"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "skítt með það"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "che diavolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "perche no"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "faen heller"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "søren heller"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "que se dane"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "dane-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čem čort ne šútit?",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "чем чёрт не шу́тит?"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bylá ne bylá",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "была́ не была́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čort s nim",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "чёрт с ним"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "vad fan"
}
]
}
],
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"Terms with Danish translations",
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{
"word": "the hell"
}
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"etymology_text": "Shortened from earlier what in the hell.",
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"2": "phrase",
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{
"word": "the hell"
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{
"word": "the hell you say"
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"English terms with usage examples",
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"text": "What the hell is going on?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is that?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell did you do?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is this?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is happening?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell are you?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is it?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell happened here?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell do you want?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is wrong with you?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell do you think you're doing!?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell was that?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is with you?!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell was this!?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is all this!?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What the hell is all that!?",
"type": "example"
}
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"An intensive form of what."
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"what",
"what"
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"(mildly vulgar, slang) An intensive form of what."
],
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"slang",
"vulgar"
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"text": "It’s expensive, but what the hell, you only live once.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Surprisingly, dieters ate more ice cream after eating a large milkshake than after eating a small one. Dr. Polivy calls this the “What the hell” effect, which she describes as thinking “What the hell, my diet’s already broken, so I might as well eat everything in sight.”",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1927, Don Marquis, “song of mehitabel”, in archy and mehitabel:",
"text": "i have had my ups and downs / but wotthehell wotthehell / yesterday sceptres and crowns / fried oysters and velvet gowns / and today i herd with bums / but wotthehell wotthehell",
"type": "quote"
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"glosses": [
"Indicating acceptance, indulgence, or insouciance: Why not? Who cares?"
],
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"(mildly vulgar, slang) Indicating acceptance, indulgence, or insouciance: Why not? Who cares?"
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"mildly",
"slang",
"vulgar"
]
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"audio": "En-au-what the hell.ogg",
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "the fuck"
},
{
"word": "the hell"
},
{
"word": "what on earth"
},
{
"word": "what the fuck"
},
{
"word": "what the heck"
},
{
"word": "what the what"
},
{
"word": "what the hey"
}
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "māḏā bi-ḥaqq as-samāʔ",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "مَاذَا بِحَقّ اَلسَّمَاء"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kakvo po djavolite",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "какво по дяволите"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "乜鬼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "什麼鬼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shénme guǐ?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "什么鬼"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hvad helvede"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "wat voor de donder?"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "wat donder?"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "kio diable"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mitä helvettiä?"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mitä hittoa?"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "que diable"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "que carallo?"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "que demos?"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "was zum Teufel?"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "was zur Hölle"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ti diáolo?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "τι διάολο;"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ti sto diáolo?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "τι στο διάολο;"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ti sto kaló?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "τι στο καλό;"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ma laazazél",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "מָה לַעֲזָאזֵל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mi a fene?"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mi az ördög?"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"tags": [
"offensive",
"possibly"
],
"word": "mi az isten?"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mi a franc?"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mi a halál?"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "mi a jó isten?"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hvað í fjandanum?"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hvað í helvítinu?"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "che diavolo? cosa diavolo?"
},
{
"alt": "いったいなんだ？",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ittai nan da?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "一体なんだ？"
},
{
"alt": "いったいぜんたいなんだ？",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ittai-zentai nan da?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "一体全体なんだ？"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nan da yo, kore?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "なんだよ、これ？"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "alge mwo-ya?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "알게 뭐야?"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "wat to'n Düvel?"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "shash líyáadi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hva i helvete?"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hva faen?"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "hva i huleste?"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "kva i helvete?"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "kva i svarte?"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "kva faen?"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "چه مرگته؟"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "چه مرضته؟"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "que diabos?"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "ce dracu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "ce naiba"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "što za čort?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "что за чёрт?"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kakóvo čórta?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "како́го чёрта?"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "što za čertovščína?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "что за чертовщи́на?"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "što za fignjá?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "что за фигня́?"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kakóvo xréna?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "како́го хре́на?"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kakóvo xúja?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "како́го ху́я?"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "što za xujnjá?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "что за хуйня́?"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "koji vrag?"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"english": "very vulgar",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"slang"
],
"word": "koji kurac?"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "qué diablos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "vad i helvete?"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "vad tusan?"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "vad fan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "vafan"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chìp-hǎai",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "ฉิบหาย"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jakóho bísa?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "яко́го бі́са?"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ščo za bis?",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "що за біс?"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "éo biết"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "an intensive form of what",
"word": "cái quái gì"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "hvad fanden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "lekker boeiend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "ach schijt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "mitä hittoa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "pourquoi pas"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "que carallo!"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "was soll's"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "scheiß drauf"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "egye fene"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "skítt með það"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "che diavolo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "perche no"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "faen heller"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "søren heller"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "que se dane"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "dane-se"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čem čort ne šútit?",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "чем чёрт не шу́тит?"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bylá ne bylá",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "была́ не была́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čort s nim",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "чёрт с ним"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "why not?",
"word": "vad fan"
}
],
"word": "what the hell"
}
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