"or what"

A request for a follow through response or action and to resquest for an explaination for a possible alternative.

Do you know how to share? Did you attend kindergarten "or what"?

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what it is

A Black solidarity greeting of the 1970's, expressing philosophic agreement as to the present, past and future state of the black history/culture/experience.

First Brother: "What it IS!"
Second Brother: "What it WAS!"
Both together: "What it SHALL BE"

Often accompanied by various secret handshakes and signs

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what

In hop-hop, it's often used as a sort of taunt after a proclamation has been made.

South side runnin' this bitch! What!

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What it is

whats up?
how u been?
what it do?
watz goin on?

Q.What it is, yo??

R.Chillen chillen what it is?

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what

a response to anything being said to you, when you just don't want to listen, and/or just don't care what is being said to you.

Jeff: Hey man, saying what all the time is going to make you brain turn to mush.

Brad: What?

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It is what it is

A popular “weasel phrase” used frequently by merger integration consultants, it refers to a negative situation that is outside of one’s sphere of influence and as such should not be further pursued in hopes of resolution. An approximate translation could be: “this is f*cked, but I can’t fix it, so why bother”.

"This company is rubbish. Their systems are stuffed, all their good staff are leaving, and just when the sh*t is hitting the fan, our manager goes off on holiday to Hawaii. But it is what it is, I guess...”

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What

Something someone says when they either don’t understand what you said or didn’t hear you (often used by my mom cause I’m confusing)

Kaitlin: I ate a turkey sandwich with caterpillars!
William: What???

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