whenevers
Whenever — with that extra country -s on the end.
Also called whenever.
Updated September 24, 2026
whenevers pronunciation
/wen-EV-erz/
Meaning
Same meaning as whenever, just wearing the Southern adverbial -s you also hear on anyways and anywheres. "Whenevers you get done" means any time you finish. It is casual porch grammar, not a different clock. Related mountain talk sometimes uses plain whenever where school English wants when, but whenevers is the -s twin of the dictionary word.
How folks use it
- “Come by whenevers you get off work.”
- “Whenevers that rain lets up, we'll finish the fence.”
Origin and etymology
Part of a South and South Midland pattern that adds -s to indefinite adverbs (anyways, somewheres, nowheres). Speakers treat the -s as natural speech rhythm, not plural math. Whenevers follows that same habit applied to whenever.
Frequently asked questions
Is whenevers different from whenever?
No. Same idea. The -s is just how a lot of rural Southern mouths say it.