Quote Originally Posted by milkbone View Post
Whatever.

Drives me nuts when it is used during a conversation, or disagreement, especially during a "heated conversation". It conveys such a lack of concern or caring.
That's exactly what it's supposed to convey.

I remember bugging my teenaged daughters a few years back that I was going to shorten whatever to 'tev and start a new thing. I kept using it and trying to get them to pick it up. They still laugh about it today and we still say 'tev as a joke.