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In your head - what does WTAF mean?

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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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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

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

aintnospringchicken · 05/05/2023 15:40

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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.

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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 🤔

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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.

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