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WAT
Combined from primary sources listed below.

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See primary documentation in context for WAT.

The opposite of a DWIM; counter-intuitive behavior. It is said that to every DWIM there is a corresponding WAT. See also https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat.