what the hey

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what the hey

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euphemistic What the hell. Hold the phone, folks! What the hey's going on? What happened to the Great Gonzales?!?

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"what the hey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/what%20the%20hey. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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what the hey. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/what%20the%20hey

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"what the hey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/what%20the%20hey.

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@misc{what_the_hey_2026,
  title = {what the hey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/what%20the%20hey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}