(mildly, profane, slang) Indicating acceptance, indulgence, or insouciance: Why not? Who cares?
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It’s expensive, but what the hell, you only live once.
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Surprisingly, dieters ate more ice cream after eating a large milkshake than after eating a small one. Dr. Polivy calls this the “What the hell” effect, which she describes as thinking “What the hell, my diet’s already broken, so I might as well eat everything in sight.”
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i have had my ups and downs / but wotthehell wotthehell / yesterday sceptres and crowns / fried oysters and velvet gowns / and today i herd with bums / but wotthehell wotthehell
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1927, Don Marquis, “song of mehitabel”, in archy and mehitabel: