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What in tarnation!?

An exclamatory phrase often utilized by those originating in the Southern United States, often having equivalence to "What the heck?"
"What in tarnation!? Are you using my hot sauce?"

what in tarnation?!?! 

A term used by those south of the Mason-Dixon line. Used to describe suprising or shocking situations (similiar usage as "what the fuck")
What in tarnation!?!?!? Where did that copper-headed rattle water moccasin come from?!?

What in alabama betty bitch tarnation 

you can use this phrase in EVERY situation!

Here's an example:
*A bird shits on your car in the middle of a desert"
You: "What in alabama betty bitch tarnation"

What in Carnation 

A NASCAR meme god, Comment king.

*stone head intensifies*
"Here before What in Carnation" is a common phrase in the comment section for NASCAR YouTube videos.
What in Carnation by elm333331 July 23, 2019

what in fuck tarnations 

what you say when you are confused about something.
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026