[Ads-l] whyever

[Jonathan Lighter]

'For whatever reason.'

OED has just a single cite, from 1891. I can't say that I've encountered it
before now.

1871 _N.Y. Times_ (June 22) 2 [Newspapers.com]: However, whoever, and
whyever it is.

1958 James Jones _The Pistol_ (N.Y.: Scribner) 63: But whyever the
decision, arbitrary or not, four was the rule for Makapoo.

1995 _Herald-Journal_ (Spartanburg, S.C.) D7 [GenealogyBank]: Whyever, it's
VCR time!

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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