Flat "What" references this with the added connotation of a sort of Aggressive What. Specifically, it says:
"'What!?' An accusatory or intimidating statement; 'I'm in your face, what are you going to do about it!?'"
On top of that, the picture for Defensive "What?" is demonstrating the above Aggressive What. A defensive what is more along the lines of:
"I like cheese."
[Beat]
"...what?"
And an aggressive what is more along the lines of:
"How do you like that?! WHAT!"
Which doesn't make sense grammatically, but is being said more and more these days. But they're being played off as the same, and they aren't. Even Flat "What" references that by appending a second definition (the actual one) to the first. Should we split them up? The Aggressive What is a completely different tone and has a completely different implication than the Defensive "What?". So should we add the aggressive definition to this page or split the tropes up?
Flat "What" references this with the added connotation of a sort of Aggressive What. Specifically, it says: "'What!?' An accusatory or intimidating statement; 'I'm in your face, what are you going to do about it!?'"
On top of that, the picture for Defensive "What?" is demonstrating the above Aggressive What. A defensive what is more along the lines of: "I like cheese." [Beat] "...what?"
And an aggressive what is more along the lines of: "How do you like that?! WHAT!" Which doesn't make sense grammatically, but is being said more and more these days. But they're being played off as the same, and they aren't. Even Flat "What" references that by appending a second definition (the actual one) to the first. Should we split them up? The Aggressive What is a completely different tone and has a completely different implication than the Defensive "What?". So should we add the aggressive definition to this page or split the tropes up?