What's on your mug?

an accepted euphemism for 'i fuck my pets'. mainly used in a business setting, where swearing would not be acceptable.

boss: it is what it is. employee: you sick bastard.

By bigtrick

in a nutshell, it means "this is the way its going right now, and thats how it is." kind of a way to say: dont overthink the situation. a reminder to keep things simple, dont overanalyze things, or a way to put a definition on something thats hard to explain.

Friend: "So what's the deal with you and Bobby? I thought you guys were together, but then someone said you broke up, and then somebody else told me you were broken up but 'friends with benefits' So what's the true relationship status? Girlfriend: it is what it is.

By Charlotte Kenfield

better described as a statement of acceptance of a situation that is less than perfect.

keeping a dull, going-nowhere, job that pays the bills. "how's work?" "it is what it is."

By linkinink

Phrase used by someone in order to accept even the most 'unacceptable' situation that would normally be a load of horse shit. Only because they know they have to.

Tom: Man why do we have to pay taxes for people who don't even work? Bob: Hey man, it is what it is.

By Muttemor

What incredibly vapid, stupid and unoriginal people say when they cannot construct a proper thought, retort or sentence.

If you were to ask a nitwit why he left work early, the response would go something like this. I don't know, I mean, I just felt ...I left early. It is what it is. Or, when you catch a person in a lie, scheme or have proven them wrong in any way, It is what it is is sure to leak from their gaping mouth. Or, to be dismissive. You promised me a dollar raise a month ago and it hasn't appeared in my check yet. Well, it is what it is

By Jason JD