1. Expression that both mocks the poor grammar of the popular greeting "what it is," and denoting your own poverty or misfortune, adapted from the popular Everlast single of the same name. Can also be used for "have-nots" to mock the "haves" and their slight, shallow troubles.

Adj. Something that is expected to have a long lifespan by virtue of having existed for a long time, based on the lindy effect, named for the New York restaurant Lindy's, coined by Albert Goldman and popularized by Nassim Taleb.