WHAT HAVE YOU Definition & Meaning

what have you

What remains and need not be mentioned; and the like. For example, The display room is full of stereos, TV's, and what have you. Although first recorded in 1920, this expression uses an archaic form of putting a question (using have you instead of do you have) as a noun clause, and what in the sense of “anything that.” The synonym who knows what is much older, dating from about 1700; for example, When we cleaned out the tool shed we found old grass seed, fertilizer, and who knows what other junk. Also see or whatever.

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No wonder, “if you’re getting yelled at every 90 seconds by a patient, insurance company, a staff member, what have you.”

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What have you learned from each place about bathing and bathing culture?

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In politics, there is the truism and question, “What have you done for me lately?”

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You know, universities, Big Law, what have you.

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What have you always wondered about the festival?

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