It Is What It Is

A cop out phrase many people use to describe a situation, place, or thing they think have no control over and trying to change things or people’s minds about it is useless.
Detroit is a dangerous city and San Francisco is an expensive place to live. It is what it is!
by waspcoloredstain March 6, 2018
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What At

Pronounced 'Wadat'
A form of recognition; Commonly used as a greeting or exclaimation to show agreement or satisfaction.
Person one: Yo homie! :)
Person two: What at, brah?
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Person one: My brother, ja wanna hit up KFC? My treat, Its 'kay wid me! :)
Person two: Das' What At, Homie!! :D
by Anonymous2499 July 3, 2014
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It’s what it is

What will happen will happen, no matter how much you worry and overthink it. You can’t control what will happen. So sit down and let fate do their work. You say that to calm yourself from overthinking.
Me: “what if they hate me? What if they don’t like me? What if I’m not good enough? What if they leave?”

Also you after 1 Hour breakdown : “it’s what it is
by Overthinker February 11, 2021
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what

i wrote so much more but it only shows 4.
what omg this is so sad i hope it shows more.
by guesswhoiam. March 9, 2021
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what

a word that can be replaced with the phrase:

"No, i do not know the answer to your question. If you know the answer tell me."
'what do you get when you cross bread a hamster with a bulldog?'

'what'
by Orchidomegaly April 15, 2006
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that what

Man, I heard Creepy T had that what.
by Randal Skandal March 27, 2008
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It is what it is

A completely useless phrase that is a tautology, or something that is true in every possible interpretation. A permanently self-proving and recursive phrase, there is never a time when it isn't what it is, because if there is, it wouldn't be itself, a condition which can never be true, or happen.

Otherwise, it's a meaningless statement meant to convey helplessness, uselessness, pointlessness, or that something may not have the really great features of its counterparts, but will do the job.

In all cases where one might wish to say "it is what it is", one should always instead simply state what the phrase is intended to mean.
Dud: "I mean, the car doesn't have an engine, wheels, frame, steering wheel, doors, body panels, window glass, electrical system, transmission, but for eleventy hundred bucks, it is what it is."

Bud: "Well of course it is what it is. Is there ever a time when it isn't what it is?"

Dud: "You know what I meant!"

Bud: " Then you should have just said what you meant instead."
by sidelander November 3, 2017
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