it's a whole thing
A phrase used to convey a situation's complexity in short-hand.
"Dontae is dating a girl in finance. It's a whole thing."
Whole thing
An event or situation that is more complicated than it should be.
When someone plans a dinner for 12 people and doesn’t make a reservation and then you show up at the restaurant and can’t be seated together, you are caught up in a whole thing.
that whole Yale thing
The state of being a closet homosexual who does a lot of cocaine, as described by yuppie serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.
Patrick Bateman: He was into that whole Yale thing.
Donald Kimball: Yale thing?
Patrick Bateman: Yeah, Yale thing.
Donald Kimball: What "whole Yale thing"?
Patrick Bateman: Well, for one thing, I think he was probably a closet homosexual who did a lot of cocaine. That whole Yale thing.
Donald Kimball: Yale thing?
Patrick Bateman: Yeah, Yale thing.
Donald Kimball: What "whole Yale thing"?
Patrick Bateman: Well, for one thing, I think he was probably a closet homosexual who did a lot of cocaine. That whole Yale thing.