in a nutshell, it means "this is the way its going right now, and thats how it is." kind of a way to say: dont overthink the situation. a reminder to keep things simple, dont overanalyze things, or a way to put a definition on something thats hard to explain.
Friend: "So what's the deal with you and Bobby? I thought you guys were together, but then someone said you broke up, and then somebody else told me you were broken up but 'friends with benefits' So what's the true relationship status?
Girlfriend: it is what it is.
Girlfriend: it is what it is.
by Charlotte Kenfield December 06, 2006
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by T8KEM August 16, 2005
When somebody starts to tell you a story that you think is going somewhere but it doesn't, so you have to ask a question (and then what?), but there is no more to the story.
by SallySmartyPants March 20, 2012
-What's it?
-Jackshit, I'm bored
-Jackshit, I'm bored
by princZess420 February 18, 2004
1) Old fashioned term from British English asking agreement.
2) Term for anal sex usable in polite situations. (Taken from a South park sketch in which a character sings "What what? In the butt."
2) Term for anal sex usable in polite situations. (Taken from a South park sketch in which a character sings "What what? In the butt."
1) She has quite a nice body, what what?
2) (Conversation in grocery store line)
"Did you hear about the latest fight between John and Jane?"
"No, what did he do this time?"
"What-what?"
"Really? What a jerk."
2) (Conversation in grocery store line)
"Did you hear about the latest fight between John and Jane?"
"No, what did he do this time?"
"What-what?"
"Really? What a jerk."
by ABBenzin February 26, 2010
What For is received by those who bother the givers of what for. What For is preceded by threatening gestures and followed by pain.
by Saggy McPants November 28, 2006