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so what

so what interjection: used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.

Interjection

  1. (impolite, informal, rhetoric) Used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.
    • I lost my red shoes. – So what? Get a new pair.
    • So what if you never win at anything. You can have a great time enjoying, at your own level, the physical activity, the movement, the sensual feeling of the cold, the water, the air, the sun.1977 February 12, John Atteridg, “Who's A Good Sport Anyhow?”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 10

so what meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

so what in Hindi

reply of indifference
तो क्या to kyā

so what in Tamil

ஒரு விடயம் சொல்லப்படும்போது, அந்த விடயம் பொருட்படுத்தப்படக் கூடியதல்ல, மறுக்கப்படக்கூடியது, ஏற்புடையதல்ல, இருக்கட்டும் ஆகிய

so what in Tagalog

reply of indifference
ano ngayon, ano naman

so what in Arabic

reply of indifference
ثُمَّ ماذَا ṯumma māḏā
More languagesFewer languages
so what in Indonesian
terus apa, lalu apa, terus, lalu
so what in Thai
แล้วไง lɛ́ɛo-ngai, ใครสน krai-sǒn
so what in Vietnamese
thì sao

Synonyms of so what

All synonyms of so what

Questions about so what

What does so what mean?
So what means used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.
What is so what in Hindi?
So what in Hindi is तो क्या (to kyā). See So what meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is so what?
So what is an interjection.

Words near so what in the dictionary

  1. so they say
  2. so to say
  3. so to speak
  4. so true, bestie
  5. so way
  6. so what
  7. so's
  8. So'ton
  9. so-and-so
  10. so-and-sos
  11. So-cal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: so what (page history and authors); so what (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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