You hear it day after day. Whenever you hear a statement that takes more than a few neurons of computation, you can easily brush it off with a “whatever.” Sure, it stings a bit for the person who made the statement, but “whatever” sayer puts up a verbal shield around himself protecting him from the venerable quirks, contortions and run-on sentences that goes along with English language. This makes it the Word of the Year. Plus, I hear it everywhere.
This “Word of the Year” award is reinforced by what you will say after you finish reading this post – “Whatever.”
Personal Note: I used to not be much of a whatever-tosser at all. But now, for some reason, I am. Sometimes I get told a statement that I disagree with. For example, Papa explaining why lacquering or staining takes away the soul from the wood of an instrument (or such), or Luke telling me the “perfect” way for doing something in the shopwork department. (Something which I have more experience in, and know that what is presented to me ain’t the most efficient way to go about it.) Even though I am most always up for an aggresive toss o’ words, my rebuttle to certain statements (listed above) would have to go beyond, “Are you kidding me??” even though that’s all the comes into my head. Thus, rather than taking up the brainpower to create a rational rebuttle to something so petty, it can all be shirked off with a “whatever.” It’s actually not so bad.
