what that for

A phrase with wrong grammar, originally means 'what is that for', but this is already accepted in the English language.

(Person X raising his middle finger>
Y: What that for.
X: You that for.

by 79797979797979 May 25, 2016

it is what it is

A quintessentially American East Coast colloquialism that is meant as a sort of passive acceptance of a situation that is not favorable but also cannot be changed (or at least not right away). It can be used in any context, although usually it refers to an illness, injury, stroke of bad luck financially, romantic trouble, etc. It should never be used as a means to an end in an actual intellectual comversation. Also known as: What will be will be. Suck it up. Deal with it.

"Landlord bumped my rent up... oh well, we don't have a lease agreement. Eh, it is what it is."

::after a long perios of obsessively analyzing what went wrong in a toxic relationship; finding oneself depressed and overwhelmed by the details of it all; an acceptance (these are usually prefaced by a weighted sigh):: "It is what it is."

by ERIC ROUNDABOUT November 21, 2015

what

if you what too many times Samuel L Jackson will shoot you

S.L.J- "Say what one more time, i dare you, i double dare you to say what one more time

by Camera boy July 4, 2007

what

A general response to anything stupid, preferably written in lower case

"Hey everyone I like bananas!"

"what"

by some guy July 1, 2004

what it be

Similar to whats up, whats good, what it do
Asked as a question, usually meaning something like, "hows it going?" or "whats goin on?" also, "whats up?"

"whats good, what it be?"
"chillin man. chillin."

by anonymous1223213 May 25, 2007

what

something you say when someone has said something retarded or fucked up, and you need them to realize what they said is so stupid they need to repeat it so you can be sure that they have just said something that idiotic. accompained by furrowed brow, bobbing head and neck, and a very pronounced, "Wh-utt?"

Raccoons are the most evolved creatures on earth.

What?!

Raccoons are -

No, I heard you. WHAT?!

by sweetness-and-light June 11, 2007

and what

It can mean so what. It is like saying I told you so. It is proving somebody wrong.

My brother: you can't get off that phone in a half an hour. Me: I got off in 10 min. AND WHAT !!!

by Dennis September 28, 2004