Whole thing

An event or situation that is more complicated than it should be.

When someone plans a dinner for 12 people and doesn’t make a reservation and then you show up at the restaurant and can’t be seated together, you are caught up in a whole thing.

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it's a whole thing

A phrase used to convey a situation's complexity in short-hand.

"Dontae is dating a girl in finance. It's a whole thing."

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that whole Yale thing

The state of being a closet homosexual who does a lot of cocaine, as described by yuppie serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.

Patrick Bateman: He was into that whole Yale thing.
Donald Kimball: Yale thing?
Patrick Bateman: Yeah, Yale thing.
Donald Kimball: What "whole Yale thing"?
Patrick Bateman: Well, for one thing, I think he was probably a closet homosexual who did a lot of cocaine. That whole Yale thing.

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You say Bukkake and I say Kabuki, let’s call the whole thing off

Japanese phrase used to express an extreme difference in taste leading to a relationship breakdown.

One evening it all came to a head... I wanted to go to the theatre and he wanted to stay at home and watch humiliation porn so I said,

You say Bukkake and I say Kabuki, let’s call the whole thing off.