since when
Disbelieving rhetorical question
Since when is a rhetorical question expressing skepticism or challenge, implying that something wasn't true before and shouldn't be accepted now: Since when do you care about my feelings?
Since when is that allowed?
The phrase suggests the speaker doubts a claim or finds a situation surprising and possibly illegitimate.
It rarely expects a literal answer about timing.
- questionRequest for information
- reallyIn actual fact
- excuse meApology for minor intrusion
- come againRequest for repetition
- incredulousExpressing unwillingness to believe
raised eyebrow · any more · disbelief · sigh · any longer · all of a sudden · accusatory · skepticism · silence · confrontational · crossed arms · tone of voice · pause · watch · rhetorical · oh really · clock · tick
- rhetorical questionswhy me, why bother, who knows, who cares, so what
- question wordswhat, where, which, who, whom
- interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
- disbeliefdisbelief, no way, incredulity, unbelievable, yeah right
speaker attitude
since whenof course
Expression of obvious agreement
naturally · obviously · fair enough · as always · that figures