What the deuce?

a exclamation usualy uttered by family guy’s stewie griffin when he is suprised by just about anything.
peter: (walks out of the bathroom and wanders into another room. he walks into the room and walks behind the bed. we find out that this is chris’ room.) hey, you still awake, lois honey? (peter lays down into chris’ bed.)
chris: dad?
peter: that’s right, i’m your daddy. shh, shh, shh, shh. don’t talk, lois, don’t talk. just let me do all the work. yeah…now feel my warm breath on the nape of your neck. my hands on your big soft b–bs…running down your big man-like chest. (peter jumps up.) holy cr-p, it’s chris!! uhh…uhh…so, uhh…how ya doin’? you do all your homework?
chris: (nods his head.)
peter: finish all your subjects?
chris: yes, sir.
peter: good, just uhh, just checkin’. (backs towards the door.) have a good night son. (walks down the hall.)
peter: you still awake honey?
stewie: what the deuce?
used in sir arther conan doyles’ sherlock holmes. can be seen in adventures of sherlock homles which was first published in strand magazine in late 1800’s
“that familiar chap is giving me weird looks. what the deuce? is he up to?”
a saying from stewie in family guy
“what the deuce is going on here?” – stewie griffen
similar to “what the h-ll?” or “what’s going on?”
“dude, i haven’t heard from you in three weeks. what the deuce?”
a generalized inquiry as to the nature or overall well-being of someone or something.
what the deuce are my keys doing in the toilet, again?
a question similar to “what is going on?” or “what the h-ll?”
“hey dude, you haven’t called me in something like three weeks. what the deuce?”