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Is WHATEVER what you say when you don't know what to say? Why say anything when you don't know what to say? Do you? Whatever?

Posted - March 31, 2019
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  • 3719
    I know a lot of young people use "Whatever" (or, "Wha' evvah"), and as sarcastic dismissal.

    I try not to say anything, or will admit not knowing, but whatever I do say, it's never the sneer "Whatever!"
      March 31, 2019 3:08 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    So it's dismissive then. I wonder who coined it first and why it caught on? Word or phrase derivation/origination is mysterious to me. I remember the first time I encountered "24/7" in something I read. I thought it was pretty dam*ed clever and I use it a lot. But who thought it up and how did it become part of the vernacular? Thank you for your reply Durdle! :)
      April 1, 2019 3:00 AM MDT
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