| idiom., sarcast. |
a rhetorical request for some real news, on hearing a report that was not news because it represents a continuing predictable and unsatisfactory situation (rhetorical question, idiomatic, sarcastic • My mum is still giving me grief for not getting a job. ― What else is new?  wiktionary.org); what you say when hearing old news, when something bad but predictable happens to you or when someone brings up something that's long lost its novelty ("Life sucks." "Yeah, what else is new." urbandictionary.com) |
