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where it's at

where it's at adjective: cool, trendy.

Adjective

where it's at (not comparable)

  1. (informal) cool, trendy
    • 5 March 2012, Daily Telegraph, Stockholm: on the trail of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoohttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/9111563/Stockholm-on-the-trail-of-the-Girl-with-the-Dragon-Tattoo.html
      In fact, for armchair sleuths, Scandinavia — where waterfronts swiftly segue into gritty, albeit...
    • Too many students learn another discrimination, between school and the "real world." That discrimination is the source of the concern for relevance. When a student concludes that education is not "where it's at," he is ready to drop out physically or turn off psychologically.1973, Performance objectives in education, Educational Technology Publications, Incorporated
  2. (informal) true, truthful
    • You say I let you down, you know it's not like that. If you're so hurt why then don't you show it? You say you lost your faith but that's not where it's at. You have no faith to lose and you know it.1965, Bob Dylan, “Positively 4th Street”

Questions about where it's at

What does where it's at mean?
Where it's at means cool, trendy.
What part of speech is where it's at?
Where it's at is an adjective.

Words near where it's at in the dictionary

  1. where have you been
  2. where I come from
  3. where is the lie
  4. where is the toilet
  5. where it counts
  6. where it's at
  7. where someone is coming from
  8. where someone lives
  9. where the puck is going
  10. where the puck is heading
  11. where the shoe pinches

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