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(programming slang): Originated on The Daily WTF, a humorous blog dealing with real-world examples of bad programming.

phrase wtf · W.T.F. · W. T. F.

Internet, abbreviation, initialism, slang, vulgar Initialism of what the fuck I've READ them; I know what all the words are. I still say, "WTF, over?" Someone's playing with our heads on this one, but what's all the word stew?
rare, vulgar Where the fuck, why the fuck, when the fuck, or who the fuck.

proper noun wtf · W.T.F. · W. T. F.

abbreviation, dated, initialism Initialism of World Taekwondo Federation Likewise the WTF says they are the official Tae Kwon Do organization because […]
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noun WTFs · wtf · W.T.F. · W. T. F.

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of White's tree frog
slang A bafflingly bad or unwise design decision. I think coercing numbers to booleans is a WTF - 0 should not be evaluatable as a boolean, it should be a type mismatch.

wtf^²

phrase

Internet, slang, vulgar Alternative letter-case form of WTF

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lol, shit, damnit, omg, haha, dammit, ugh, fuck, wow, dude, whoa, jeez, dumbass, huh, assish, geez

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phrase What the fuck

Español	¿pero qué coño?, ¿pero qué demonios?, ¿pero qué cojones?, ¿qué chucha?, ¿qué mierda?, ¿pero qué chingados?
中文	我操 wǒcāo!, 臥槽 /卧槽 wòcáo, 什麼鬼 /什么鬼 shénmeguǐ, 三小 sānxiǎo, 我去 wǒ qù
Português	PQP, Que porra é essa?
Deutsch	WZT, was zum Teufel
Italiano	che cazzo, che cavolo
Română	CPLM, ce pula mea?
Русский	ЧЗХ ČZX, что за хуйня́ što za xujnjá, како́го хре́на kakóvo xréna, что за хрень što za xrenʹ, что за на́хуй? što za náxuj?
עברית	מה לעזאזל?

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@misc{wtf_2026,
  title = {wtf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wtf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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