Whatevs vs Whatever - What's the difference?
whatevs | whatever |
(slang) Whatever.
* 1996: "Dyer", in alt.skate-board, May 12 ()
* 2004: M. Sue Alexander, The Christian Fugitive , p. 34
* 2006: Michael Apostolina, Meri Strikes Back , p. 75
* 2007: Addie Johnson, The Little Book of Big Excuses: More Strategies and Techniques for Faking It , pp. 136–137
(slang, rare) Whatever.
* 2003: Adam Cole, Crashing America , p. 52
(lb) 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), , (The Best Damn Thing) ,
*:She's like so whatever / You can do so much better
(lb) At all, absolutely, whatsoever.
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*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
No matter which; for any
(relative) Anything that.
* 1734 , (Alexander Pope), (An Essay on Man)
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* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)
, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (colloquial, dismissive) A holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.
Anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.
As interjections the difference between whatevs and whatever
is that whatevs is whatever while whatever is a holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.As pronouns the difference between whatevs and whatever
is that whatevs is whatever while whatever is anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.As an adjective whatever is
unexceptional or unimportant; blah.As a determiner whatever is
no matter which; for any.whatevs
English
Alternative forms
* watevs * whateves * whatevzInterjection
(en interjection)- [Subject:] Lame post...whatevs
- Mitzi’s squeezed eyes registered distate. “Whatevs !”
- “Whatevs ,” he said, then he held up three fingers, which I realized was Bud's “cool” way of making a W .
- 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 .
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- Vin and I decided to chat it up—just for whatevs —with a couple of colored-up kids waiting to party.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "whatevs")References
*whatever
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Determiner
(en determiner)- And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.
- Whatever utility the work may have outside of its stated boundaries will be largely because of such a nonprovincial approach.
The Evolution of Eyeglasses, passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.}}
Derived terms
* whatever creams your twinkie * whatever floats your boat * whatever it takes * whateverism * whatevernessInterjection
(en interjection)- Parent: For the last time, brush your teeth!
- Child: Whatever !
Usage notes
* Tone of voice is particularly important here in playing up or playing down the dismissive quality of the word.Synonyms
* so what * whoopee do * mehPronoun
(English Pronouns)- I'll do whatever I can.
- Do you want Chinese or Mexican for lunch today? — Whatever .