what does the expression " whatever happened to ..." mean?
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Whatever happened to.... Mrs. Smith....to the Bijou Theater.....to old fashioned values....to my favorite flannel shirt....etc...\n\nmeans these people, places or things are no longer around or apparent and the asker wants to know their current status....\n\nMrs. Smith moved to New Mexico.  The Bijou Theater was torn down to build the new mall.  Old fashioned values have been replaced by instant gratification.  Your favorite flannel shirt is hanging in the closet where you left it.
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what do you mean again?
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It means that something was omitted. "I was happy as I walked..."  means that the sentence continued on in its original context.  But for the user quoting, they felt the rest wasnt necessary to get the point across, so they left it out.  When brackets are in a quote [].  It means the writer added the words inside the brackets to help the reader understand what the original person meant.  For example, someone might ask a question "How was the movie?" and a person replied "Good."  If the quote was used it might be.  When asked about how he felt about the movie, Mr. Anderson replied, "[The movie was] good."  This is to let the reader know that the person didnt actually say what was in the brackets, but it is most likely what they meant.
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Call it... "Whats Up?"\n\nThats can refer to a number of things...\n\nHope this helps...
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Silence because when you say "silence" (or anything else for that matter), silence disappears/ silence is broken/ it's not silent anymore.
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it means "what happened after you were charged"\ne.g. \ndismissed,\n1 year probation,\n10 years to serve,\netc.
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With what?\nFrom what?\nTo what?\nThrough what?\n\nCome on! Some details!
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thats mean the file or webpage u clicked or typed to open, has been deleted or move to other directory,,\n for example if u tried to open www.example.com/test.html and u recieve 404 file not found error tahts mean the page TEST.HTML has been deleted or moved to other directory from www.example.com`s webmasters
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This phrase has got many meanings... Depending on the place where you use it...\n\nGenerally it means, "hidden truths about something which is known"
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abandon, doesn't appear to be a word.\nIf you mean abandon, then to abandon means to leave, for instance, 'the baby was abandoned at the hospital', or 'I abandoned the idea of studying, as it cost too much'. About is difficult to explain, examples are 'what are you talking about?', 'do you live around about?' 'Is it about to rain'.\n\nHope this has helped.
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it means someone had no life.
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what goes around comes around.\non the lines of do unto others as you would like them to do upon you or everything you will do you will recieve threefold.\n\nReal life though teaches us that what comes goes eventually...if it was something good. Only bad things have the tendency to linger.
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I think you'd have to put it in context to get a decent answer (at least from someone who hasn't read the article to which you refer).  It could mean any number of things depending on the sentences that preceded or followed it.
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What on earth does this question mean???
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I dunno, what happened?
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what in the hell does that mean?
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what happened??  I missed it