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In your head - what does WTAF mean?

79 replies

BarrelOfOtters · 05/05/2023 13:32

I've always read it in my head as 'what the arsign fuck'? A very prim colleague using it in What's App mssg has made me wonder....

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LeakyLoftHatch · 05/05/2023 13:52

From now on I'm replacing "actual" with "arsing" - so much more satisfying!

whynotwhatknot · 05/05/2023 14:03

what the actual fuck

what did your colleeague say

HoldingTheDoor · 05/05/2023 14:03

What the actual fuck.

SleepingStandingUp · 05/05/2023 14:05

Actual.

I read RTFT as fucking not full

GalileoHumpkins · 05/05/2023 14:09

What the actual fuck is an arsing fuck?

HappyintheHills · 05/05/2023 14:11

What the actual fuck!

fancyfrogs · 05/05/2023 14:12

Beginningless · 05/05/2023 13:41

Actual fuck here too. I always smile when I see STBXH (if that’s right) as for a long time I read it as ‘stupid bastard ex husband’ but I believe it’s actually ‘soon to be ex husband’. Who could be one and the same I suppose!

I love that 😂 I'm going to think that when I see it now

neverknowinglyunreasonable · 05/05/2023 14:13

When Truss Assassinated Finances.

milkshakebringsallthebuoystotheyard · 05/05/2023 14:14

BarrelOfOtters · 05/05/2023 13:32

I've always read it in my head as 'what the arsign fuck'? A very prim colleague using it in What's App mssg has made me wonder....

Being a Big Bang fan, I prefer to read WTF as Whats the Fracus

So... Whats the Actual Fracus?

Simianwalk · 05/05/2023 14:15

STBXH. I always read this as stupid fucking bastard ex bastard Husband. No idea where the extra bits come from 😜

NatMoz · 05/05/2023 14:19

Beginningless · 05/05/2023 13:41

Actual fuck here too. I always smile when I see STBXH (if that’s right) as for a long time I read it as ‘stupid bastard ex husband’ but I believe it’s actually ‘soon to be ex husband’. Who could be one and the same I suppose!

Me too! Haha the actual acronym makes more sense but i didn't know until this very moment 🤣

Soonthen · 05/05/2023 14:21

What the ACTUAL fuck. Emphasis on the actual

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 05/05/2023 14:21

It’s ‘what the actual fuck’ and nothing else lol

CatchYouOnTheFlippetyFlop · 05/05/2023 14:21

What the actual fuck. I always emphasise the actual - What the, ACTUAL, fuck.

CatchYouOnTheFlippetyFlop · 05/05/2023 14:22

Soonthen · 05/05/2023 14:21

What the ACTUAL fuck. Emphasis on the actual

X post 😁

Tippexy · 05/05/2023 14:22

It stands for what the actual fuck.

Soonthen · 05/05/2023 14:24

CatchYouOnTheFlippetyFlop · 05/05/2023 14:22

X post 😁

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😬 prefer to say the ACTUAL slowly too

Oneglassisnotenough · 05/05/2023 14:25

Yep. What the actual fuck is how I read it

UWhatNow · 05/05/2023 14:27

It’s actual.

Soakitup37 · 05/05/2023 14:30

NatMoz · 05/05/2023 14:19

Me too! Haha the actual acronym makes more sense but i didn't know until this very moment 🤣

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Well I read it as stab the bastard ex husband. Too aggressive no?

Thoughtful2355 · 05/05/2023 14:31

Definitely what the actual fuck

Mirabai · 05/05/2023 14:32

For a long time I thought STBXH was shoot the bastard ex husband.

Oldnproud · 05/05/2023 14:36

What the actual fuck!

I got CF wrong for ages thoufg though. I thought it was cunt fucker 😕

ASGIRC · 05/05/2023 14:40

Actual fuck here as well.

Creepyrosemary · 05/05/2023 14:41

Beginningless · 05/05/2023 13:41

Actual fuck here too. I always smile when I see STBXH (if that’s right) as for a long time I read it as ‘stupid bastard ex husband’ but I believe it’s actually ‘soon to be ex husband’. Who could be one and the same I suppose!

I agree, same differance 😁

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