"whatevs" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-whatevs.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From whatever + -s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whatever|s}} whatever + -s Head templates: {{en-interj}} whatevs
  1. (slang) Whatever. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-whatevs-en-intj-nLs-9Vtx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, English terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: watevs, whateves, whatevz

Pronoun

Audio: En-au-whatevs.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From whatever + -s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whatever|s}} whatever + -s Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} whatevs, {{en-pron}} whatevs
  1. (slang, rare) Whatever. Tags: rare, slang Related terms: w/e [Internet]
    Sense id: en-whatevs-en-pron-nLs-9Vtx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, English terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: watevs, whateves, whatevz

Alternative forms

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