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In the sentence; "What the hell are you doing?" 'the hell' is called an interjection; an article of speech that is not critical to the sense or structure of the sentence. Compare; "What on earth are you doing?" "What the devil are you doing?" "Good grief, what are you doing?" ...to the sentence free of any interjections at all; "What are you doing?" An interjection adds emotion, not structure nor meaning Does that answer what the hell you want to know???

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Q: What is the origin of what the hell and what does it truly mean?
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