Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

up what spring

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

Syllables
up- what spring
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

What the hell are you saying?

Colloquial

Example Sentences

  • "相反，好諷刺地，一句Grammar全對嘅句子，有時反而唔知佢Up what spring，例如日文偽文青廢Up系列：「在非洲,每隔一分鐘，就有六十秒過去⋯⋯」"

Etymology

Partial calque of Cantonese 噏乜春 (ngap¹ mat¹ ceon¹, “what the hell are you babbling about”, literally “what testicles are you babbling about”), where 春 (ceon¹) is a homograph meaning both “testicles” and “spring (season)”. By surface analysis, Cantonese up + what + spring.

Usage

Synonyms

up mud spring up mud 9 up what 9

Questions

What does up what spring mean?
What the hell are you saying?
Where does up what spring come from?
Partial calque of Cantonese 噏乜春 (ngap¹ mat¹ ceon¹, “what the hell are you babbling about”, literally “what testicles are you babbling about”), where 春 (ceon¹) is a homograph meaning both “testicles” and “spring (season)”. By surface analysis, Cantonese up + what + spring.

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