Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Any sudden or unexpected event or turn; a dilemma.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.
Examples
“Granville was raising his fine brows in a why-not fashion.”
“Nonetheless, when it's all over, I want to bite the apple and become an American again, and help create the why-not part, as an investor in private space travel.”
“Ms. Cullen, who works in real estate and lives in Park Slope, was thrilled when her why-not purchase all of a sudden showed up at all the non-discount stores.”
“But it's definitely an occasional why-not, rather than any kind of need or inherent sexual orientation.”
“So I haven't got much choice but to pretend it's one of many vague kinky why-not interests.”
“With a why-not attitude, Caring and his father decided to send one of their employees to scope out the scene for a few days.”
“The ideas we're most struck by will form the basis of future works of why-not here journalism.”
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“And like all good journalists, we shall present our facts in an order that will satisfy the famous five W's: wow, whoopee, wahoo, why-not and whew.”
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