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First published 2019

whatevsinterjection & pronoun

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colloquial.
  1. interjection
    1. 1996–
      Used (typically in response to a question or statement) to indicate that the speaker is disinclined to engage with, or is indifferent to, the matter at hand: ‘whatever you say’, ‘have it your own way’, ‘fine’; = whatev int., whatever pron. & adj. Additions.
      1. 1996
        Lame post..whatevs.
        alt.skate-board (Usenet newsgroup) 11 May (title of posting)
      2. 2016
        ‘I promise I'll call you back.’ ‘Whatevs, see you.’
        J. R. Brown, Georgia Peaches & Other Forbidden Fruit xi. 115
      colloquial and slang
  2. pronoun
    1. 1996–
      and (also or) whatevs: used after a word or phrase to suggest that other things of a similar type might be mentioned, or to indicate the possibility of similar alternatives; ‘and (or) something similar’; ‘and (or) the like’.
      Cf. or whatever at whatever pron. & adj. 4c, whatev pron.
      1. 1996
        It seems lately everybodie has been sweating fashion and whatevs.
        Fashion in alt.skate-board (Usenet newsgroup) 2 April
      2. 2018
        You can argue she's lying or exaggerating or whatevs.
        @giandujakiss 26 September in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive)
      colloquial and slang