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The phrase essentially means, "What is your location?" or "Identify your position," but is a corrupted phrase from the original "10-20" used by United States law enforcement to verbally encode their radio transmissions to that non-police listeners would not easily discover police operations, as well as to communicate quicker and more efficiently by standardizing frequently used phrases.
These verbally-coded messages were called "10 codes", of which "10-20" stood for "Identify your position," or "Where are you?" originally. Other such codes include "10-7" meaning the officer was busy such as with a traffic pull-over, "10-8" meaning that the officer was back on patrol such as from having just written a citation, the popular "10-4" as an affirmative, "10-10" as a negative and "10-22" to disregard a previous transmission have only seen light integration into common use. It was not uncommon for a city to have its own set of particular 10-codes for other phrases frequently used particular to that locale.
This code-phrasing is similar in design to Amateur Radio Operators' (which require an FCC license) use of Q-signals, such as QTH ("What is your location") and QSL ("affirmative/understood") used to reduce the time needed to transmit and interpret a Morse-code transmission.
A: What's taking so long?
B: I'm at a red light that won't turn green even though there's no cross-traffic.
A: What's your 20?
B: Avenue F and Kingston.
A: QSL.
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A phrase popularised by the Angry Video Game Nerd. Often used in reviews to point out a really shitty feature/scene/piece of shit.
Can also be used to show one's dissatisfaction with something.
Mike: There are aliens in the fourth Indiana Jones.
Jim: What were they thinking?!
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When a person begins to say " What The Fuck" or WTF, but is cut of by an explosion. This phrase is becoming popular on video sites such as YouTube
Man 1: Dude, cut the red wire!
Man 2: B-B-But Im color blind!
Man 1: What The Fuc- BOOM!
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Me: definition of what i need
My friend: Lol
Me: Lol
(It’s help, help is what i need!
As stated previously by Aidan Williamson:
An expression of great confusion, or bewilderment; A strong demand for answers; An emphasized version of "what is that?"
Used in the same way as "What the Hell?" is used. Variations can be used, e.g. "What in The Nine Hells is that thing?"
However, the origin is not, as he said, Forgotten Realms; it is an allusion made to Dante's Infreno, from the Divine Comedy. In the Divine Comedy, Hell is divided into nine circles, each one representing a different sin or crime.
The nine circles span from Limbo (for those who have committed no great sins, but are not admitted into Heaven because they do not believe in God), to the ninth circle where Satan himself resides (a circle reserved for people who have been treasonous against friends, family, and their nation.)
Hey, look at this!"
"WITNH" OR "What in the Nine Hells?"
*Large creature appears*
"What In The Nine Hells is that thing?" OR "WITNH?"
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The Best Song By Sublime Hands Down
Makes You Think About Life Whenever You Hear It.
This song is about having a lousy life, but focusing on the good things - what you have, not what you don't.
I don't cry when my dog runs away
I don't get angry at the bills I have to pay
I don't get angry when my Mom smokes pot
Hits the bottle and goes back to the rock
Fuckin' and fightin' it's all the same
Livin' with louie dog's the only way to stay sane
Let the lovin', let the lovin' come back to me
I Played "What I Got" 143 times on iTunes
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When a large amount of fuckery occurs involving a convention show runner and you are at a loss for words
James owes everyone how much money?! What the Frazier fuck!