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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Something of great importance or consequence.
  • noun An important person.
  • interjection Used ironically to indicate that something is unimportant or unimpressive.

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  • noun idiomatic Something very important, difficult, or of concern.
  • interjection idiomatic, sarcastic Indicates that something is not important or impressive; so what.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an important influential person
  • noun anything of great importance or consequence

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