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what's new1(Said on greeting someone) what’s going on? how are you? ‘Hello Preston, what’s new?’...- The Mothership also landed on Tuesday to eat our pasta and to sit on the couch asking, ‘So, what's new?’
- Once the local gossip was out of the way, she took to her usual habit of saying, ‘So what's new?’
2Used to express the fact that a situation is entirely predictable: United were unlucky ... so what’s new?...- Of course I despair at the paucity of the budget, but what's new?
- Today I shall be whingeing about everything (so what's new)?
- I have been very remiss in my posting (so what's new about that, Denise?) and am here to profess my sorrow and renewed commitment.
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