"what are you smoking" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-what are you smoking.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=what are you smoking?}} what are you smoking?
  1. (rhetorical question, informal) Infers that the recipient is acting in a crazy or unprecedented way. Tags: informal, rhetoric Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions
    Sense id: en-what_are_you_smoking-en-phrase-6bmfagTD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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