English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Intensified variant of what the fuck.
Interjection[edit]
what the actual fuck
- Synonym of what the fuck
2017, Cara Delevingne, Mirror, Mirror: A Twisty Coming-of-Age Novel about Friendship and Betrayal from Cara Delevingne, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 273:'What the... fuck?' Aaron's shoulders drop, he shakes his head. 'What the actual fuck? You couldn't make it up!'
2018, Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water: The Gripping Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 150:What the actual fuck, Erin? What the actual, stupid, fuck are you doing? Lying low is not a thing.
2020, Clint Dyer, Death of England: Delroy, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 15:What the fuck? What the actual fuck, man.
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