WHAT'S IT

verb:
  1. a coined word, coming from the phrase, "What is it?" It basically means to ask a question. However, it has come to mean "to dwell on problems, confusions or uncertainties rather than to resolve them."
noun:
  1. an unanswered question; a puzzlement about something. (Scn AD)
  2. the rise of the TA is a "What's it?" The pc's groping (what's it). The pc says "What's it?" The auditor must begin to ask occasionally "Well, what's it seem to you?" And the pc will find his own "It's a . . ." and the TA will fall. (HCOB 4 Aug 63)


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