She's embroidering, or knitting, or tatting, or something of that kind; and he says she seems quite devoted to needlework, and she says, yes, she has a perfect passion for it, and everyone laughs at her for it; but she can't help it, she always was so from a child, and supposes she always shall be,—with remote and minute particulars.
And she ends by saying that perhaps he does not like people to tat, or knit, or embroider, or whatever. And he says, oh, yes, he does; what could make her think such a thing? But I'm not sure what to make of "Whatever's fair" as a possible more immediate source. In the s and s, another and probably more common phrase that might have been an antecedent for "Whatever" might have been "Whatever you say.
I want to hear from your own lips—nicely—why such a young boy can't live at home with his parents. All right. I say I was twenty-one. That's old enough to make your own decisions in life.
Just whatever you say. If you say put it ashore, we'll put it ashore. We're here just to please you. But seems to me if we go on cookin' right here where we got a stove—". I also have memories of comedy routines back in the s in which one person accidentally uses a malapropism instead of the intended word, the other person points it out, and the first person says, "Whatever. This appears to be the same line of humor that the Wikipedia article cited in deadrat's answer finds in two sitcoms.
Well I realize that this thread is long over three years old, but I would just like to add that the first use of the slang term "whatever" that I have personally seen was in Thomas Paine's Common Sense, written in There are actually multiple incidents in which "whatever" is written. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?
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When twelve people are killed by violence, whoever they are, for whatever reason, that is a tragedy and a waste. Morris searched for whatever strength was left in his malnourished body. As such it is now presented to the public for whatever meed of praise or censure it is found to deserve. I doubt that thirty persons per day are carried into or brought out of it by all public conveyances whatever. Whatever the species, it is well to imitate the natural conditions as much as possible in the way of soil.
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