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interj. (non-gloss definition: Used to express astonishment or incredulity, as a question or questioning of the situation at hand, without requiring any specific vulgarity as intensifier.)
Usage examples of "what the".
But I try to get back to North Carolina whenever I can, because no matter what the opportunities or challenges I face, it always helps me to remember where I came from and the values I learned there.
The persona created is that of a woman who always tells the truth as she sees it, but it is made clear to the reader that what the narrator sees is very seldom exactly the objective truth.
Stealing will sometimes land you in jail, but explaining is more tedious and time-consuming and involves lying anyway, and also sometimes results in being hauled off to jail, so what the hell.