what have you

See also: whathaveyou, and what-have-you

English

Alternative forms

• what-have-you
• whathaveyou

Pronoun

what have you

1. (colloquial) Any of several additional, unmentioned things
   • 1997, Pete McDonald, Climbing Lessons: Inside Outdoor Education, page 40:

     He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters.

   • 2000, Jas Obrecht, Rollin' and Tumblin': The Postwar Blues Guitarists, page 387:

     So you might not have a million-seller every time, 'cause you're not movin' around and what have you, but at least you'll have a good track record.

   • 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     “Like I said on the televisual apparatus, every homeless person has a story to tell,” said Mr. Stink. “That’s mine. I am sorry it didn’t involve spies or pirates or what have you. Real life isn’t like that, I’m afraid. And I didn’t mean to upset you.”

Translations

any of several additional things

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 之類的／之类的 (zh) (zhīlèi de), 什麼的／什么的 (zh) (shénmede), 等等 (zh) (děngděng)

• Finnish: sen semmoista, jokin (fi)
• French: quoi que ce soit (fr), que sais-je encore
• German: was immer, was auch immer, und so weiter (de)
• Icelandic: og þvíumlíkt
• Russian: и про́чее (i próčeje), и вся́кая вся́чина (i vsjákaja vsjáčina)
• Spanish: y tal

See also

• whatnot
• and so on
• et cetera
• such-and-such
• suchlike
• you name it