"fuck knows" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: en-au-fuck knows.ogg
Etymology: Probably a shortening of "who the fuck knows" Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} fuck knows
  1. (idiomatic, vulgar, followed by a wh-clause) I don't know; nobody knows; it is unclear. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar Synonyms: God knows, who knows Translations (it is unclear): хуй знае (huj znae) (Bulgarian), en minä vittu tiedä (Finnish), vittuako minä tiedän (Finnish), aucune putain d’idée (French), fejn iż-żobb naf (Maltese), chuj wie (Polish), pula știe (Romanian), хуй его́ зна́ет (xuj jevó znájet) (Russian), ni puta idea (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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