WTF
(rare, vulgar) Where the fuck, why the fuck, when the fuck, or who the fuck.
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#1·Apr 26, 2026
(rare, vulgar) Where the fuck, why the fuck, when the fuck, or who the fuck.
Origin: (programming slang): Originated on The Daily WTF, a humorous blog dealing with real-world examples of bad programming. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 26, 2026
(programming, slang) A bafflingly bad or unwise design decision.
: I think coercing numbers to booleans is a WTF - 0 should not be evaluatable as a boolean, it should be a type mismatch.
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