now what?
"Now what?" is a phrase signifying boredom, a lack of topics to discuss, or a greeting after a brief to intermediate pause in conversation. It is common to see the term "dunno" follow as a response.
Speaker 1: "Now what?"
Speaker 2: "Dunno."
Speaker 2: "Dunno."
Now What?
Repeated in a accusatory string, this bullying and demanding retort is screamed with spit and piss when one woman gains the upper hand in an argument.
TV Show Host: You ARE the father!
Show Guest/Baby Momma: NOW WHAT? NOW WHAT? NOW WHAT? NOW WHAT? NOW WHAT?
Show Guest/Baby Momma: NOW WHAT? NOW WHAT? NOW WHAT? NOW WHAT? NOW WHAT?
Now What
A terribly dull planet in the novel "Mostly Harmless", the 5th installment of the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The planet exists in an alternate demonsion in the location where eart should be and is ahted by all of it's residence.
Never hope the transporter to Now What.
Now-whats
The feeling you have after tripping hard for eight hours. You're way past your peak and it's not really fun anymore. Nothing looks particularly cool and you have nothing interesting to say. You would like to sleep but cannot. You have a case of the now-whats.
That blotter was awesome, but now I have a wicked case of the now-whats. Should we candy-flip?
what now
Asked in a situation where you reach a point of no return or you have surpassed a dangerous obstacle and have survived the ordeal. 'What now' is also used as in,'where does this leave us', in terms of re-questioning your relationship status with someone.
Butch: What now?
Marsellus: What now? Well, let me tell you what now. I'm gonna call a coupla pipe-hitting' niggas, who'll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch. Hear me talkin', hillbilly boy?! I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'm gonna get Medieval on your ass.
Butch: I meant what now, between me and you?
Marsellus: Oh, that 'what now?' Well, let me tell ya what now between me an' you. There is no me an' you. Not no more.
(Dialogue from the movie, Pulp Fiction)
Marsellus: What now? Well, let me tell you what now. I'm gonna call a coupla pipe-hitting' niggas, who'll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch. Hear me talkin', hillbilly boy?! I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'm gonna get Medieval on your ass.
Butch: I meant what now, between me and you?
Marsellus: Oh, that 'what now?' Well, let me tell ya what now between me an' you. There is no me an' you. Not no more.
(Dialogue from the movie, Pulp Fiction)
what now
It is a question in most movie wherein the answer is "we wait". I'm sure you have heard or encountered this phrase being asked by the actor or some supporting actor to someone else especially in movies wherein the main characters are planning on something big... whether an escape, a rescue or whatever.
dude 1: what now?
dude 2: we wait.
dude 2: we wait.
what now
What you say when you just proved someone wrong.
"Griffey sucks." "Griffey rocks." *Griffey hits homer* "What now bitch?!"