An acronym for "What The Crap?". Often used in instant messaging conversations, to indicate confusion at what someone has said. Slightly more polite version of the acronym wtf.
Synonymous to WTF. Replace the "F" word with "cuss", ergo, "what the cuss".
It is an alternative, and less vulgar phrase for WTF.
First heard in the movie "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Badger: You're not moving into the tree house.
Mr. Fox: Like "cuss" I'm not.
Badger: The butcher factories nearby are not safe for you to live near.
Mr. Fox: "WTC" are they gonna do? Blow my house down? Chop the tree down to smithereens?
Badger: Fine, we'll set up a meeting with the real estate agent.
Mr. Fox: Don't you ever "cussing" tell me what to do again? Do you "cussing" hear me?
Badger: Yes! I "cussing" hear you now get the "cuss" out of my den!
World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Where the Twin Towers resided until they were destroyed by terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.