English (English) word of the week

[erfan_starled]

*obscurely amused*

'whatever'

• pronoun & determiner used to emphasize a lack of restriction in referring to any thing; no matter what.

• pronoun used for emphasis instead of ‘what’ in questions.

• adverb 1 at all; of any kind. 2 informal no matter what happens.

Comments

[heartofoshun]

I still remember the first time my son said "Whatever!" to me to indicate that he had no interest at all in what I was trying to tell him. Ha!

[erfan_starled]

It's a good word, yes, for that too *g*

[heartofoshun]

Hi, JDav! I've completely adjusted to it now and use it that way with my kids as well! (Gotta go--off to a mother's day lunch.)

[erfan_starled]

I'm glad she signed, on your and others' accounts. She's good company during swaps :)