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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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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
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This refers to the previous statement as true/factual.
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I see how it is

When you are forced to chat shit or lie. When you gotta be sly back sometimes or test people. or do whatever you gotta do whilst staying true. you are forced to break your principles but not your morals because of the environment you live in or the people that are surrounding you.pmsl.
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I wonder why this blank area just says ‘Word, Type your definition here… , Type an example of how it is used here…'
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it is what it is, but it aint what it dont

it is what it is, unless of course its not what it appears to be.
"ey yo, why you been doin dat shit?" said jbiggs
"ey it is what it is, but it aint what it dont" bnuk responded
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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."
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