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Two new questions! 

Do Russians use the phrase "rhetorical question" (риторический вопрос) often? Or is this just a translation from English and no one really says it?

Also I've noticed a conversational phrase "что за что-то"? which seems to mean "What's this ... ?" or "What's the ... for?"For example Что за бред? --> something like "What's this nonsense?"  Am I understanding this construction right? Can it be used with any nouns or is it a fixed phrase with just бред?

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