up what spring

== English == === 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. === Phrase === up what spring (Hong Kong, colloquial, slightly vulgar) What the hell are you saying? ==== Synonyms ==== up mud spring, up mud 9, up what 9