WTFery

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noun

Blatant absurdity, stupidity, or surreality; nonsense.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounWTFery (uncountable)
  1. InternetuncountableBlatant absurdity, stupidity, or surreality; nonsense.

    I knew the falling-in-love-with-your-best-friend myth was just Hollywood WTFery.

    2011, Keren David, Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery, Frances Lincoln Children's Books, →ISBN
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    So. I am ignoring the WTFery of my Mum and Kym's Mum and Sasha's parents and Naima's Dad (omg where did she get all these people's phone numbers from?) sitting around in our living room eating poncy nibbles from the deli by her office that she NEVER buys things from, because it is tiny-small compared to the WTFery of the rest of it.

    2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 68

    There's a text on my phone, news flash from Griff, and I'm sitting on our front porch pondering its blazing WTFery.

    2014, Sarah Ockler, #scandal, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 354

Origin

From WTF (“what the fuck”) + -ery.

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APA

WTFery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/WTFery

MLA

“WTFery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/WTFery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “WTFery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/WTFery.

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