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why oh why

A statement of exasperation associated with reactionary viewpoints.
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Are these terrible figures greeted by hysterical "why-oh-why?" letters to the Times demanding a huge shift in resources from road-building to rail-modernisation?

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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why oh whyA strengthened form of why, as used in questions.
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