whatevs

English

Alternative forms

• watevs, whateves, whatevz

Etymology

Clipping of whatever + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒtˌɛvz/, /ˈʍɒtˌɛvz/
• (GR) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌtˌɛvz/, [ˈwəɾˌɛvz]

• Audio (General Australian):

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Interjection

whatevs

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

     [Subject:] Lame post...whatevs

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

     Mitzi’s squeezed eyes registered distate. “Whatevs!”

   • 2006, Michael Apostolina, Meri Strikes Back, page 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, pages 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.

   • 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.”

Pronoun

whatevs

1. (slang, rare) Whatever.
   • 2003, Adam Cole, Crashing America, page 52:

     Vin and I decided to chat it up—just for whatevs—with a couple of colored-up kids waiting to party.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:whatevs.

See also

• w/e (Internet slang)

References

• Peckham, Aaron (compiler) (2005) Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined, Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, →ISBN, page 331