whatnot
pronunciation
How to pronounce whatnot in British English:
UK [ˈwɒtnɒt]
How to pronounce whatnot in American English:
US [ˈwɑtnɑt]
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- Noun:
- miscellaneous curios
Word Origin
- whatnot (n.)
- also what-not, 1530s, "anything," from what + not. Elliptical for "what may I not say," implying "everything else." As the name of a furniture item, first attested 1808, so named for the objects it is meant to hold.
Example
- 1. These demonstrators really knew their stuff-informed consumers or whatnot .
- 2. Recite slurred truths and whatnot to few heads that still nod .
- 3. It 's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot .
- 4. Or capture the rays of the sun and whatnot , then you can go .
- 5. And get some extra wire and tools and whatnot .