"dafaq" meaning in English

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Phrase

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  1. Alternative spelling of dafuq. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dafuq
    Sense id: en-dafaq-en-phrase-NzdJjrdf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "‘…but did you ever listen to his speech?’ ‘Never! Thank god, I never listened to him that’s why am prospering…’ ‘dafaq… I expected this answer…come, we’ll go inside’",
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          "ref": "2018, Sasidhar Kareti, “The Goa Tour”, in Unconditional Uncommitted: Based on a True Story, Chennai: Notion Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“[…] She was so angry to see him taking her phone without her permission. I pulled him back and scolded for taking a girl’s phone like that. Later, they cooled her down, and we sat quite calm all through the journey.” “Hahaha! Who’s that stupid?” “A guy from our department.” “Hahaha! Dafaq! How could he take the phone to see photos? Won’t he have any sense?”",
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          "ref": "2020 February 9, LinuxGal, “I can tell you why Calvinists are liars.”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 May 2025:",
          "text": "God himself says he is not the author of confusion. So dafaq he's doing obscuring the gospel of Christ?",
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          "ref": "2021, Ariana Nash, “Severn”, in Infernal Sin (Primal Sin; 3), US edition, Crazy Ace Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "I hate you and what you’ve done. Our kin look at me like I might fuck an angel next. It’s embarrassing. You’re a skree. Look at you. What even are those clothes—are those angel clothes? Dafaq, Stantin?! You really just walked through the area in angel-fucking-clothes?!",
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