whatevs

Also what·ev

[wuht-evz, hwot‐, hwuht‐, wot‐]

interjection

Informal.

1. whatever.

   She didn't thank me, but whatevs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whatevs¹

First recorded in 1990–95; by shortening and alteration

Example Sentences

“Yes, I suppose as a lawmaker, he could, I don’t know, make a law, but that sounds like a lot of work. Despair — despair is so much more efficient. It reminds me of that sign on the subway: ‘If you see something, whatevs.

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Laid-back lawn people in beach chairs justifying overpriced beers, because whatevs, it’s a festival.

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Whatevs, simples, chillax, sumfin and Jafaican have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

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"We live in such a rankly dumb moment that there are Republicans running campaign ads with Vladimir Ilyich Lenin with members of Congress, and it's like 'OK, cool, whatevs,'," he claimed.

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So I try to balance highballs’ unbuttoned appeal with a commitment to give them better than the “Whatevs!” approach they often get.

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