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Thursday, May 3, 2012

"AND WHAT NOT"


I have several people from THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS keeping me in line about using the word "ANYWAY" as my sentence ender and bridge to another sentence. Thanks to all of them! I SHALL break the habit!

Les said, "Hey, I heard something worse than using "ANYWAY"; it's "AND WHAT NOT"." I replied that I used to work with a guy who said "and what not" continually and that I would ask "WHAT?" and he'd say, "What do you mean?" and I would answer, "What does and what not mean?" He said, "It means nothing." I asked, "Then why not say nothing." I was glad that he hadn't noticed my ANYWAY!

Here's examples of "AND WHAT NOT" from The urban dictionary:

A more hip hop way of saying "etc", or a verbal way of expressing "..." It is said by those that have so much poppin' that they don't have the time or energy to explain what the "what not" is. This term should not be used by wannabe gangstas, as this will only serve to slash your street cred. People will know you have no substance behind your "what not."

"What are you doing tonight?"
"I'm gonna meet some people and what not."


Used a a way to encompass many items, thoughts, absolutes that are defined but are too numerous to be listed or the communicator is unsure what they actually are.

The next report will contain facts, figures of the impending impact of sales and what not.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I HATE this one! I always say, "NOT!" and they're stunned.