be aware of the implications of one's actions or of a situation, and of how best to deal with them.
Here's a sentence using "know what one is about":
She was a seasoned negotiator who clearly knew what she was about.
A question that implies everyone else has forgotten about something deeply important.
Steve: I'm just so happy to hear Lucy made it home safe last night! She was in a bad way.
Charlie: What about Luis?
Something you say when another person is shocked about what you said earlier and you think there's nothing much about it.
Person 1: Which level are you in in this game?
Person 2: Level 153
Person 1: 153?!!? I'm only at 25!
Person 2: Ya so what about it
you are one of the most intelligent people. you saw it said type any WORD but as you know urban dictionary also defines phrases so you typed in "what about a phrase''. welcome to the community *gets a bunch of people to gather for you and start clapping*
*looks at search bar* hmmm, wait what about a phrase?
If you don’t fucking like what 20+ year old niggas are doing then unfollow them. Simple as that nigga, don’t worry about their life. Seem like you the one who need to change your mentality….
Why the FUCK you on these niggas dicks for? Stop worrying about what people do on Instagram…
When a right winger, Conservative, or
Republican attempts to avoid an issue by a weak deflection.
Example: "But what about...? these
parasitic corporations and the ultra wealthy who pay zero taxes from whom you take large campaign contributions?
You know the shadowy billionaire financial vampires who suck the wealth out of the system, keeping us all in a financially anemic state!
"But what about...? (Fill in lame deflection topic here) the people who commit fraud by going to food banks when they have resources? Those are
the ones who burden society!!
A "But what about...?" deflection can often be an outright lie, or something made up that is preposterous. The function is to get away from the point that cant be defended.