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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?"

Wot in Tarnation 

1) A southern slur used for saying what in damnation
2) A famous meme in which objects are depicted wearing a hat wot in________ation +related picture
1) When my sister told me she was cheating on me with dad, I yelled out "Wot in tarnation!"
2)Wot in 1080 pxs 60 fps Mia Khalifa rough interracial raw anal penetration?

wot n tarnation 

A meme that exploded in 2017. Tarnation originally came from a slang word for "damnation," which began in the 1700's.

Many people will take a picture of something and add a cowboy/country hat to it and say something that typically ends in "-tion."
tar·na·tion
noun & exclamation
used as a euphemism for “damnation.”

"wot n tarnation?"
The secret place where you go to smoke weed with your friends
We almost got caught smoking weed behind the house so we have to find a new tokation.
Tokation by BuzzOnBuzzOff October 6, 2009

tarnation 

Tarnation is a euphamism for "damnation" or even "eternal damnation" just like darn is a euphamism for damn or as heck is to hell. It is used to show disgust
tarnation by Larry Wenzel January 7, 2007

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?!?
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Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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