whatever

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The names of the dishes are more palatable than the food, and they put everything (Philly cheese steak?) into a crepe (though now they just drop the word 'crepe' and call it whatever is inside of it).

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  1. pronoun Everything or anything that: Do whatever you please.
  2. pronoun What amount that; the whole of what: Whatever is left over is yours.
  3. pronoun No matter what: Whatever happens, we'll meet here tonight.

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  • The names of the dishes are more palatable than the food, and they put everything (Philly cheese steak?) into a crepe (though now they just drop the word 'crepe' and call it whatever is inside of it). —  oatcake Diary Entry
  • In fact, no idea whatever is acceptable other than asking you to pull my feet out and take off my shoes and socks, and that would be disastrous because I would never get them back on.” —  The Black Mountain
  • Still, you have to figure that even his admirers looked at his some of his ideas for things like flying machines and said whatever is Italian for, "That's just crazy. —  GMSV
  • "Why child, whatever is the matter?" —  Zombie Lover
  • ‘Why, child, whatever is the matter?’ —  Police at the Funeral
 

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Whatever has been looked up 388 times, favorited once, listed 39 times, commented on twice, and has a Scrabble score of 17.

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  1. from what + ever.

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/ (hwŏt-ĕvˈər, hwŭt-, wŏt-, wŭt-)/
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by uselessness

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