Citations:whatevs

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1. (slang) Whatever.
   • 1996: "Dyer", in alt.skate-board, May 12 (Usenet)

     [Subject:] Lame post...whatevs

   • 1999: "JDog", "Re: Thanks", in alt.revenge and alt.life.the-universe.and-everything, March 25 (Usenet)

     Whatevz, dood.

   • 2001: "g0nz0", "Re: wrestlemania tickets", in alt.wrestling.wwf, November 10 (Usenet)

     but watevs,

   • 2004: M. Sue Alexander, The Christian Fugitive, p. 34

     Mitzi's squeezed eyes registered distate. "Whatevs!"

   • 2006: Michael Apostolina, Meri Strikes Back, p. 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, pp. 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.

   • 2015 July 1, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Jul 1, 2015:

     "Right. Of course. So, uh... you're really comfortable with being a girl?" "Boy, girl, whatevs. I guess sometimes I feel more like being one than the other."

   • 2020 October 1, Ben Rodgers, “Crisis Point” (24:05 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks‎^[1], season 1, episode 9, spoken by Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome):

     “Hey, nerd, we're going to go stare at the warp core. You want to...? Whoa. You okay?” “(high-pitched) Yeah.” “All right, whatevs. Hey. Good luck with the interview. You're gonna do great.”