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"text": "In an expression that reflects the pathos of a person without memory of a recent past, Milner quotes H.M. as saying, \"Every day is alone in itself, whatever enjoyment I've had, and whatever sorrow I've had Right now, I'm wondering. Have I done or said anything amiss? That's what worries me. It's like waking from a dream; I just don't remember.\"",
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"text": "In the third place, the superelevation and alignment of the track, theoretically calculated for speeds of 70 to 75 m.p.h., was adequate for the 80 to 85 m.p.h. or so normally attained as maxima over the G.N. main line; but nothing whatever had been done to prepare it for the enormous increment over these figures that this run was to produce.",
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"ref": "1999, Louis P. Pojman, Life and Death: A Reader in Moral Problems, page 112",
"text": "His repetitive toil is his life and reality, and it goes on forever, and it is without any meaning whatever.",
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}
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"At all; in any way; whatsoever."
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[
"whatsoever",
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"(with negative) At all; in any way; whatsoever."
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"with negative",
"with negative"
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"not-comparable"
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{
"text": "Whatever does it matter now?"
}
],
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"In what way; to what extent."
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"(interrogative) In what way; to what extent."
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}
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"tags": [
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{
"ipa": "/wɒtˈɛvə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "/wʌtˈɛvɚ/",
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"General-American"
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"ipa": "/wəɾˈɛvɚ/",
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"General-American"
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{
"other": "/t/"
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"text": "So you don't like Mrs Jones. Whatever. What's that got to do with my question?",
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"text": "Go brush your teeth. – Whatever!",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "1991 January 22, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, page 66",
"text": "\"It's not silk, it's muslin.\" \"Whatever.\"",
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"ref": "1998 June 3, “Conjoined Fetus Lady”, in South Park, season 2, episode 5",
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{
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{
"word": "whoopee do"
}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭuz",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "طُز"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "el que tu diguis"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "隨便"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suíbiàn",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "随便"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎo ba",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "好吧"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "pro mě za mě"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ammehoela"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "boeiend"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "miten vain"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ihan miten vain"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "joopa joo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "olkoon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "ihan sama"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "bof"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "c’est ça !"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "qu’importe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "naja"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "egal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "nebbich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kalá krasiá",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "καλά κρασιά"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sheyihiyé",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "שיהיה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "addressing a male",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ma shetagíd",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "מה שתגיד"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "addressing a female",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ma shetagídi",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "מה שתגידי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "bánom is én!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "felőlem!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "tőlem!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ahogy akarod"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "nekem mindegy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "mindegy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "nekem nyolc"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "egyre megy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "egykutya"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "bodo amat"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "bodo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "vabbè"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Dōdemo ii!",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "どうでもいい！"
},
{
"alt": "かってにしろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "katte ni shiro",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "勝手にしろ"
},
{
"alt": "かってに",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Gokatte ni!",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ご勝手に！"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ńejse",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "н́ејсе"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "kāti"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "samma det!"
},
{
"code": "no",
"english": "teenage slang",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "whatever!"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "oj tam"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "jeden pies"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "tanto faz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "que seja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "tanto faz como tanto fez"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "dane-se"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "foda-se"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "mă rog"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vsjo ravnó",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "всё равно́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nu i ládno",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ну и ла́дно"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kakaja raznica",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "какая разница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "projéxali",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "прое́хали"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fi",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "фи"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "karkoli"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "como sea"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
"Chile"
],
"word": "filo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "no importa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "da igual"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "lo que tú digas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "lo dicho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "me la suda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "bah"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ni fu ni fa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "velay"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "jaja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "skitsamma"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "wala akong paki"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "neyse"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "kệ"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "meyle",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "מילא"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ʍɒtˈɛvə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/wɒtˈɛvə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wʌtˈɛvɚ/",
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"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wəɾˈɛvɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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{
"other": "/t/"
},
{
"other": "/t/"
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"ref": "1996, Mathias, “Lake Placid Comments”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet)",
"text": "All in all, I guess I shouldn't be complaining, but the rest of the show, imho, was very whatever-ish.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2007, Avril Lavigne (lyrics and music), “Girlfriend”, in The Best Damn Thing",
"text": "She's like so whatever / You can do so much better",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/wʌtˈɛvɚ/",
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"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wəɾˈɛvɚ/",
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"General-American"
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},
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"ref": "2003, David Soubly, Santa, CEO, page 91",
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"ref": "2011, Carol Ann Lindsay, The Planet of Comet Sense, page 55",
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"word": "no matter what"
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{
"word": "whatsoever"
},
{
"word": "whenever"
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{
"word": "whensoever"
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{
"word": "wheresoever"
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{
"word": "wherever"
},
{
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{
"word": "whichsoever"
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{
"word": "whoever"
},
{
"word": "whomever"
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{
"word": "whomsoever"
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{
"word": "whosoever"
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{
"word": "whyever"
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{
"word": "whysoever"
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/wʌtˈɛvɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wəɾˈɛvɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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{
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{
"other": "/t/"
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"word": "meh"
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{
"word": "whoopee do"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭuz",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "طُز"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "el que tu diguis"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "隨便"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suíbiàn",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "随便"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "hǎo ba",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "好吧"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "pro mě za mě"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ammehoela"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "boeiend"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "miten vain"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ihan miten vain"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "joopa joo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "olkoon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
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"word": "ihan sama"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "bof"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "c’est ça !"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "qu’importe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "naja"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "egal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
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"word": "nebbich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kalá krasiá",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "καλά κρασιά"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sheyihiyé",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "שיהיה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "addressing a male",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ma shetagíd",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "מה שתגיד"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "addressing a female",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ma shetagídi",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "מה שתגידי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "bánom is én!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "felőlem!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "tőlem!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ahogy akarod"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "nekem mindegy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "mindegy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "nekem nyolc"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "egyre megy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "egykutya"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "bodo amat"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "bodo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "vabbè"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Dōdemo ii!",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "どうでもいい！"
},
{
"alt": "かってにしろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "katte ni shiro",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "勝手にしろ"
},
{
"alt": "かってに",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Gokatte ni!",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ご勝手に！"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ńejse",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "н́ејсе"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "kāti"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "samma det!"
},
{
"code": "no",
"english": "teenage slang",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "whatever!"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "oj tam"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "jeden pies"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "tanto faz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "que seja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "tanto faz como tanto fez"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "dane-se"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
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"vulgar"
],
"word": "foda-se"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "mă rog"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vsjo ravnó",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "всё равно́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nu i ládno",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ну и ла́дно"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kakaja raznica",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "какая разница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "projéxali",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "прое́хали"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fi",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "фи"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "karkoli"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "como sea"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
"Chile"
],
"word": "filo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "no importa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "da igual"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "lo que tú digas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "lo dicho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "me la suda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "bah"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "ni fu ni fa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "velay"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "jaja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "skitsamma"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "wala akong paki"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "neyse"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "kệ"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "meyle",
"sense": "indicating the speaker does not care what someone says",
"word": "מילא"
}
],
"word": "whatever"
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"ref": "2011, Carol Ann Lindsay, The Planet of Comet Sense, page 55",
"text": "I think it's the HYDRA, the group of whatevers that rule the world, those elitists that laugh at us, joke about their environmentalist sheeples doing their bidding while they sip the best wine on the planet, ride around in private jets, […]",
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"audio": "En-us-whatever.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/En-us-whatever.ogg/En-us-whatever.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/En-us-whatever.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"word": "whatever"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.