Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

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....

OP posts:
sevenbyseven · 05/05/2023 14:47

milkshakebringsallthebuoystotheyard · 05/05/2023 14:14

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

So... Whats the Actual Fracus?

Or "Why the face" from the first episode of Modern Family 😁

whiteroseredrose · 05/05/2023 14:48

What The Absolute Fuck in my head

Thursa · 05/05/2023 14:49

What the actual fuck

Wallsofglass · 05/05/2023 14:50

Oh I always thought it was stupid bastard ex husband too 😂

Mirabai · 05/05/2023 14:56

So we’re all agreed to change Soon To Be Ex Husband to Stupid Bastard/Shoot The Bastard Ex Husband.

Beginningless · 05/05/2023 15:02

Mirabai · 05/05/2023 14:56

So we’re all agreed to change Soon To Be Ex Husband to Stupid Bastard/Shoot The Bastard Ex Husband.

Yes. Don’t forget someone added ‘stab’ Grin

Mirabai · 05/05/2023 15:03

Beginningless · 05/05/2023 15:02

Yes. Don’t forget someone added ‘stab’ Grin

Stab is good. 🤓

Imabitbusyatthemoment · 05/05/2023 15:06

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!

Oh my! I thought that’s what this stood for until just now. 😆 I’m sure I’ve read it on here before!

CornflakesOnTheSolesOfHerShoes · 05/05/2023 15:06

SleepingStandingUp · 05/05/2023 14:05

Actual.

I read RTFT as fucking not full

Oh! I genuinely only realised when I read your post that that’s not what it is. And I’m not even that sweary!

MrsTerryPratchett · 05/05/2023 15:10

My question s, WTAF is an arsing fuck?

However, sometimes WTF is Why The Fuck. Depending on context <controversial>.

MrsTerryPratchett · 05/05/2023 15:11

And RTFT is definitely Read The Fucking Thread.

StoatofDisarray · 05/05/2023 15:13

This reply has been deleted

This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines.

Exactly. Because that's what the acronym stands for!

aintnospringchicken · 05/05/2023 15:40

This reply has been deleted

This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines.

Exactly this

longtompot · 05/05/2023 15:54

What the Actual fuck, with emphasis on Actual

BarrelOfOtters · 06/05/2023 09:18

OK actual. But in my it’s always going to be arsing.

OP posts:
BodyKeepingScore · 06/05/2023 09:38

What the actual fuck

HVPRN · 06/05/2023 09:39

@BarrelOfOtters Did you just want a thread of people saying WTAF? 😂😂

PhotoDad · 06/05/2023 09:46

I spend a fair amount of time on photography boards, where "AF" is always "AutoFocus." It's still normally my first thought!

Truestorypeeps · 06/05/2023 09:48

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....

Wednesday, Thursday And Friday 😜

BitOutOfPractice · 06/05/2023 09:54

It’s actual, actually 😃

What the actual fuck. Shortened to just “what the actual?” in polite conversation

DejaVoodoo · 06/05/2023 10:01

Actual.

Someone told me off for my habit of saying "What the actual?!" at times of surprise annoyance. That's all I say, but they object to the implied "fuck" 🤔

BarrelOfOtters · 06/05/2023 12:27

@HVPRN 🤔

OP posts:
NotLovingWFH · 06/05/2023 14:00

Thank you for asking this @BarrelOfOtters, for some reason I always thought it was almighty not actual.

MenoRageisReal · 06/05/2023 14:06

Yes actual.

Although my very good sweary chum says
What the absolute fuck sometimes which makes me smile.

Chocchops72 · 06/05/2023 14:17

What The Arsing Fuck

Are you Scottish OP? I am, maybe it’s that.

Swipe left for the next trending thread