![]() ![]() ![]() In Marist College polls of 20, whatever was voted as the phrase that is "the most annoying word in conversation." ![]() Abbreviations Ī shorter version, "Evs", made it into American pop consciousness when used by Australian rocker Toby Rand on the American reality television series Rock Star: Supernova. History Įarly examples of current usage include a 1965 episode of Bewitched in which the character Endora exclaims "All right, whatever" to her daughter, lead character Samantha Stephens, and also the much maligned 1965 sitcom My Mother the Car, in which "whatever" was the standard retort used by Captain Manzini ( Avery Schreiber) whenever he would mispronounce "Crabtree" ( Jerry Van Dyke), the car's owner (son). In the late 20th century and early 21st century, the word became a sentence in its own right in effect an interjection, often but not always, used as a passive-aggressive conversational blocking tool, leaving the responder without a convincing retort. An interjection of "whatever" can be considered offensive and impolite or it can be considered affirming. The term is used either to dismiss a previous statement and express indifference or in affirmation of a previous statement as "whatever will be will be". Whatever is a slang term meaning "whatever you say", "I don't care what you say" or "what will be will be". ![]()
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