Whatever

Full definition of whatever

1996, "Mathias", Lake Placid Comments (discussion on Internet newsgroup rec.music.phish)All in all, I guess I shouldn 't be complaining, but the rest of the show, imho, was very whatever-ish.
2007, Avril Lavigne, Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne song), The Best Damn Thing,She's like so whatever / You can do so much better

(postpositive) At all, absolutely, whatsoever.
There is no point whatever in going on with this discussion.

1910, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price Chapter 1, Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

No matter which; for any
Whatever choice you make, there will be consequences.
(relative) Anything that.
Whatever you say is fine with me.

1734, Alexander Pope, An Essay on ManAnd, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.
Schuster Hepaticae V|viiiWhatever utility the work may have outside of its stated boundaries will be largely because of such a nonprovincial approach.
2013, Henry Petroski, The Evolution of Eyeglasses, The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.

(colloquial, dismissive) A holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.Parent: For the last time, clean up your room!Child: Whatever.

Tone of voice is particularly important here in playing up or playing down the dismissive quality of the word.

Anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.I'll do whatever I can.Do you want Chinese or Mexican for lunch today? — Whatever.