whatevs
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whatevs
- (slang) Whatever.
- 1996: "Dyer", in alt.skate-board, May 12 (Usenet)
- [Subject:] Lame post...whatevs
- 2004, M. Sue Alexander, The Christian Fugitive, page 34:
- Mitzi’s squeezed eyes registered distate. “Whatevs!”
- 2006, Michael Apostolina, Meri Strikes Back, page 75:
- “Whatevs,” he said, then he held up three fingers, which I realized was Bud's “cool” way of making a W.
- 2007, Addie Johnson, The Little Book of Big Excuses: More Strategies and Techniques for Faking It, pages 136–137:
- And in the meantime, it’s probably just fine to eat some candy, slack off on your pushups, and hey, maybe even throw yourself a party for your half birthday. Or your cat’s half birthday. Whatevs.
- 1996: "Dyer", in alt.skate-board, May 12 (Usenet)
Pronoun edit
whatevs
- (slang, rare) Whatever.
- 2003, Adam Cole, Crashing America, page 52:
- Vin and I decided to chat it up—just for whatevs—with a couple of colored-up kids waiting to party.
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:whatevs.
See also edit
- w/e (Internet slang)
References edit
- Peckham, Aaron (compiler) (2005) Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined, Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, →ISBN, page 331