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.
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."
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."
It is what it is by c November 3, 2017
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