Sarahk talking about “whatevs” in the comments on the last post made me remember this incident: my courageous fight for the right to “whatevs.”
To be totally fair about “whatevs,” I may very well have ganked it from Sheila. I can’t remember. She’ll have to set me straight. If that’s the case, I’m prepared to give credit where credit is due. Please note my deft use of the word “ganked.” Could I be any cooler?
In our collective “whatevs” defense, there’s a guy on a commercial out here on the West Coast who says “whatev.” Granted, he’s a dorky dad figure and he’s saying it wrong, in my opinion, but someone is validating it.
Okay. As a symbol of dorkiness. Fine.
Say it with me now: whatevs.
Every time I see that commercial, I think, no, it’s whatEVS. I think it’s a phone commercial.
Every time I say whatevs, I picture a young male barista saying, oh no no no sweetie. Or whatever he said. Something sympathetic.
sarahk — I loved this part of it:
Coolio: Baby, you can’t say “whatevs.â€
Self: Really? I can’t?
Coolio: You really should not.
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He said that last bit with such kindness. Hahahaha.
And yeah, it’s a phone commercial. I think you’re right.
Whatevs!
Now, what is ganked?!?
I like to fall back on Brit slang, such as “nicked” for “ganked.” It sounds boss and there’s no pressure to be original since everyone knows where it came from.
OK, back to work, before I’m sacked. Whatevs!
sam — “ganked” is slang for “steal.” I’m kind of ambivalent about it as a word. Sounds harsh, doesn’t it? I didn’t make it up — I ganked gank from the urban dictionary. I think “nicked” is good, though.