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How. (used in rhetorical questions to criticize something as completely inconsistent with reality and/or logic).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: in what universe
Antonyms: none provided
History
Use of a reference to alternative realities to imply that the thing criticized is inconsistent with our own reality.
