what else is new
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Phrase
- (rhetorical question) A rhetorical request for some real news, on hearing a report that was not news because it represents a continuing predictable and unsatisfactory situation.
- Synonym: what's new
- My mum is still giving me grief for not getting a job. ― What else is new?
Further reading
- “what else is new”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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