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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesc'est quoi ce bordel
Pronunciation / Transliteration: se kwa sə bɔʁ.dɛl
"C'est quoi ce bordel dans la cuisine ?"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Used to express complete astonishment, shock, bewilderment, or profound displeasure.
"What-the-fuck! I left my keys right on this counter."
- 1
A state of utter confusion or chaos.
"The whole situation turned into a complete what-the-fuck."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the interrogative pronoun 'what', the definite article 'the', and the intensifier/taboo noun 'fuck', dating back to early 20th-century American and British colloquial speech. The phrase evolved as an emphatic exclamation expressing extreme surprise, disbelief, confusion, or anger.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "What-the-fuck" is said worldwide
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c'est quoi ce bordel
Transliteration: se kwa sə bɔʁ.dɛl
"C'est quoi ce bordel dans la cuisine ?"
was zur Hölle
Transliteration: vas tsuɐ ˈhœl.lə
"Was zur Hölle machst du da?"
che cazzo
Transliteration: ke ˈkat.tso
"Che cazzo è successo qui?"
qué cojones
Transliteration: ke koˈxu.nes
"¡Qué cojones está pasando!"
que porra
Transliteration: ke ˈpɔ.ʁɐ
"Que porra é essa?"
यह क्या बकवास है
Transliteration: yah kya bakvaas hai
"यह क्या बकवास है, लाइट चली गई!"
搞什么鬼
Transliteration: gǎo shén me guǐ
"搞什么鬼，怎么突然停电了？"
이게 뭐야
Transliteration: ige mwoya
"이게 뭐야, 왜 이 모양이지?"
なんだこれ
Transliteration: nanda kore
"なんだこれ、意味がわからない。"
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