I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 97:
A: What do you want to do at the amusement park? B: Everything!
I did everything today – washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry.
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Then, I was sent to a great, cold, bare, school of big boys; where everything to eat and wear was thick and clumpy, without being enough; […]1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Ghost in Master B’s Room”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 30, column 2:
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Colloquial A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).
Everything failed, didn't it?
She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine.
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Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse.
Etymology Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing.
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Ambitransitive, Colloquial, Uncommon Used as a placeholder verb to encapsulate a set of related verbs or any action.
‘Hardly. We’re screened by every shrink in the kingdom. We're printed, weighed, photographed, everythinged. Selection for security takes a lifetime—one of our sayings,’ she added modestly.1990, Jonathan Gash, The Very Last Gambado, St. Martin's Press, page 107:
“ ‘You're right tonight, Boss Man,’ I said. ‘They’re laying it on us.’ “They outswung us, they out-everythinged us.2001, Stanley Dance, The World of Swing, Da Capo Press, page 71:
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Charlie does, too. After being adopted by Joan, after having his matted coat shaved bare, after being dewormed and de-everythinged after being loved and fed and loved some more, Charlie has turned into a brand-new dog.2007, Nancy Kennedy, Lipstick Grace, Multnomah Books, page 216:
She spends as much time as possible surfing (as she quickly learns it's called), Youtubing,^([sic]) Googling, everythinging to research these human be-things.2018 November 12, Ann Crawford, chapter 3, in Fresh off the Starship, Lightscapes Publishing:
Etymology Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing.
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of everything bagel.
Can I get three everythings toasted with cream cheese?
I have a very expressive face, and the bagel shop staff must have seen my anguish play across it the last time they informed me they were out of the everythings.2023 January 18, Chanthorn Reinmann, Allie, “The Easiest Way to Turn a Plain Bagel Into an Everything Bagel”, in Lifehacker, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2023:
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Loose bagels and tubs of cream cheese are on deck (no sandwiches or toasters here), so take a dozen everythings and scallion cream cheese to go and assemble it at home or nearby Golden Gate Park.2025 July 2, Chen, Julie, “The Best Bagels In SF”, in Infatuation, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2025: