whatever
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[edit] English
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[edit] Adjective
whatever (comparative more whatever, superlative most whatever)
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- (slang) Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
- 1996, "Mathias", Lake Placid Comments (discussion on Internet newsgroup rec.music.phish)
- All in all, I guess I shouldn 't be complaining, but the rest of the show, imho, was very whatever-ish.
- 2007, Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend", The Best Damn Thing,
- She's like so whatever / You can do so much better
- 1996, "Mathias", Lake Placid Comments (discussion on Internet newsgroup rec.music.phish)
[edit] Determiner
whatever
- No matter which; for any
- Whatever choice you make, there will be consequences.
- (relative) Anything that.
- Whatever you say is fine with me.
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no matter which; for any
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anything
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[edit] Interjection
whatever
- A holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.
- Parent: For the last time, clean up your room!
- Child: Whatever.
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- Tone of voice is particularly important here in playing up or playing down the dismissive quality of the word.
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indicating the matter is not worthy of further discussion
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[edit] Pronoun
whatever
- Anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.
- I'll do whatever I can.
- Do you want Chinese or Mexican for lunch today? — Whatever.
[edit] Translations
anything
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[edit] Related terms
- however
- howsoever
- whatsoever
- whenever
- whensoever
- wherever
- wheresoever
- whichever
- whoever
- whomever
- whomsoever
- whosoever
- wherever
- whyever
- whysoever
- no matter what