what in tarnation

Interjection

 * 1)  used to add emphasis to "what" when beginning question.
 * 2) * 2003. Judith Silverstein, Michael Lasky, "Online dating for dummies"
 * What in Tarnation to Write I still remember the first girl I called up for a date at age 15.
 * 1) * 2005. Charles Harrington Elster, "What in the word?", Page 35
 * Other euphemisms of this type (and there are many) include what in tarnation for what in damnation and what the Sam Hill for what the damn hell.
 * 1) * 2007. Diane Stanley. "The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy" Page 141.
 * “What in tarnation do you think you're doing?”
 * What in tarnation have you done with my wallet!?

Usage notes
May be used organically or as a euphemistic bowdlerization of what in the hell?