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where it's at en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (informal, not-comparable) cool, trendy
   • Too many students learn another discrimination, between school and the "real world." That discrimination is the source of the concern for relevance. When a student concludes that education is not "where it's at," he is ready to drop out physically or turn off psychologically. 1973, Performance objectives in education, Educational Technology Publications, Incorporated:
   • 5 March 2012, Daily Telegraph, Stockholm: on the trail of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoohttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/9111563/Stockholm-on-the-trail-of-the-Girl-with-the-Dragon-Tattoo.html In fact, for armchair sleuths, Scandinavia — where waterfronts swiftly segue into gritty, albeit imagination-based, crime scenes — is where it's at.
2. (informal, not-comparable) true, truthful
   • You say I let you down, you know it's not like that. If you're so hurt why then don't you show it? You say you lost your faith but that's not where it's at. You have no faith to lose and you know it. 1965, Bob Dylan, “Positively 4th Street”:

Relateds

where you at · place to be