What about
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Would you like, as in What about another beer? or What about a game of bridge?
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What do you think of, as in So what about renting that white house on the corner?
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Why, concerning what, as in I need your frank opinion.—What about?
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what about it? What should we do, what course of action should be taken. For example, We’re supposed to be there at noon and bring two sandwiches each—now what about it? [ First half of 1900s ]
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/ˌwɑːtəˈbaʊtərɪ/ noun 1. (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past
- Whatchamacallit
[hwuhch-uh-muh-kawl-it, hwoch-, wuhch-, woch-] /ˈʰwʌtʃ ə məˌkɔl ɪt, ˈʰwɒtʃ-, ˈwʌtʃ-, ˈwɒtʃ-/ noun 1. whachamacallit. whachamacallit or whatchamacallit, what-you-may-call-it, what-do-you-call-it [hwuhch-uh-muh-kawl-it, hwoch-, wuhch-, woch-] /ˈʰwʌtʃ ə məˌkɔl ɪt, ˈʰwɒtʃ-, ˈwʌtʃ-, ˈwɒtʃ-/ noun, Informal. 1. an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall. waffle-iron
- What-do-you-call-it
or whatchamacallit, what-you-may-call-it, what-do-you-call-it [hwuhch-uh-muh-kawl-it, hwoch-, wuhch-, woch-] /ˈʰwʌtʃ ə məˌkɔl ɪt, ˈʰwɒtʃ-, ˈwʌtʃ-, ˈwɒtʃ-/ noun, Informal. 1. an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall. whatchamacallit [hwuhch-uh-muh-kawl-it, hwoch-, wuhch-, woch-] /ˈʰwʌtʃ ə məˌkɔl ɪt, ˈʰwɒtʃ-, ˈwʌtʃ-, ˈwɒtʃ-/ noun 1. whachamacallit. waffle-iron
- What do you know
What a surprise, as in What do you know, our suitcases are the first off the plane. [ Early 1900s ]
- What do you say
what are you giving me?