vagueness People sometimes say `and whatnot' or `or whatnot' after mentioning one or more things, to refer in a vague way to other things which are similar. The women were there in their jeans and T-shirts and overalls and whatnot The council can send messages or letters or whatnot in Spanish to their constituents. = whatever. and whatnot an expression used at the end of a list of things when you do not want to give the names of everything (what not?)