or whatever

or whatever

A flippant way of indicating something else similar to what was mentioned. Yeah, I'm sure there will be security or whatever there, but it should still be easy enough to sneak in some booze. There are cool clubs and bars or whatever in the main cities, but if you want to see the really interesting stuff, you need to get out into the countryside.
See also: whatever
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

or whatever

Whatnot, or any other thing that might be mentioned, as in They've stocked wine, beer, soda, or whatever, or You can stay or leave, or whatever. [Early 1900s]
See also: whatever
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

or whatˈever

(spoken) or something of a similar type: It’s the same in any situation: in a prison, hospital or whatever.
See also: whatever
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • seeyabye
  • pow
  • powwow
  • pow-wow
  • traipse into (some place)
  • greatest thing since sliced bread
  • greatest thing since sliced bread, the
  • the best thing since sliced bread
  • the greatest thing since indoor plumbing
  • the greatest thing since sliced bread
References in classic literature
He might just as reasonably order a durable suit of clothes, --leather, or guttapercha, or whatever else lasts longest, --so that his great-grandchildren should have the benefit of them, and cut precisely the same figure in the world that he himself does.
If he tells them to build a palace forty miles long out of di'monds, and fill it full of chewing-gum, or whatever you want, and fetch an emperor's daughter from China for you to marry, they've got to do it -- and they've got to do it before sun-up next morning, too.
The mind accepts whatever it sees or whatever pictures you compose for it.
Those selling oil could convert those dollars back to euros or Japanese yen or whatever their hearts desired, and likewise could convert euros obtained through sales on an Iranian bourse back into dollars, if they wished."
In our daily lives every day brings problems, whether it is with our children, our boss, the traffic or whatever. When things happen against our wishes, we do not like it and start getting stressed.
It's a dumbing down serum; it's not even escape anymore, it almost seems like it's designed to numb people and render their brains incapable of processing anything besides how to write down an 800 number so you can call American Idol Baby and vote for the best-singing three-year-old or whatever. It's beyond anything I could have imagined.
You ever had that kind of experience where you are in that zone or whatever, you just do it til you're finished, then you go to bed?
Whereas once there was neo-geo, neo-expressionism, or whatever else doing battle, the only thing antagonistic to painting now is everything outside it, if the curators who do Documenta or the Venice Biennale are any kind of gauge.
"It has long been the law that `[n]o tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be called, or whatever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion.'"
I like being really involved with what's going on--that way, when you're hurt or whatever, you can still be involved with skating.
Then, like so many ordinary gay people discover when they come out to their loved ones and coworkers, the shock, or whatever you want to call it, is easier to process.
WHATEVER they want or whatever they're into, at Virgin Megastores this Christmas we've done all the hardwork for you and found the best gifts for the family.
So if you need to retrieve something that's been lost due to an unintentional shutdown for what Windows calls an "illegal operation" or a "general protection fault" or a power-outage, or whatever, GoBack can restore your system to status quo ante.
All along the route, she talked about the portents of when Saturn and Jupiter were in the ascendant up Uranus or whatever it was.