(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly US, with up in the sense of “happening”) What’s happening?
What are you doing
? (rhetorical question, colloquial) A casual greeting with a meaning similar to how are you? or nice to meet you. … Hey, what’s up?
What’s up meaning in chat?
infml used for asking how someone is or what someone has been doing: “Hi, Chuck, what’s up?” “
Nothing much
.”
How do you reply to that’s what’s up?
As a greeting:
“What’s up?” or here (West Midlands of England) commonly just “sup” is a general greeting, you can response with answers like “
Not much
“, “Nothing”, “Alright” etc. In this context, the response is just a return of the greeting, or a confirmation that all is going normally.
What is up or whatsup?
“What up” is more
so a slang, whereas ‘what’s up?’ is a contraction literally meaning “what is up.” It’s more proper to use “What’s up,” though if you’re with friends and messing around, you could use “What up.” But in most situations “what’s up” is better to use. See a translation. 1 like.
What’s up in sentence?
Definition of ‘What’s up?’
‘ or if you tell them what’s up,
you are asking them or telling them what is wrong or what is worrying them
. ‘What’s up?’ I said to him. —’Nothing much,’ he answered.
When a guy says what’s up to a girl?
It’s just a greeting meaning “
What is happening
?”, and a reply that nothing’s happening means you’re fine. That is an expression that has about as much meaningfulness as “How are you?” or “How’s it going?” All, including “What’s up?” are used as greetings.
Is whats up rude?
“
Sure –
what’s up?” – seems like a polite enough way to ask what the problem is, although certainly very informal. But as a response to someone asking you to fill out a questionnaire, it doesn’t seem to make much sense. It seems like your response just needed to be yes or no at this point.
What does it mean when a guy says whats up?
“What’s up” can be an informal greeting as well as a way to ask what is going on, that is, what is happening, or
what has been happening
. It might itself be a reply to a request of some sort. For example, someone might call you on the phone and ask you to come and see them.
What’s going on mean?
What’s going on?:
What’s happening?; How are you
?
What’s up or how are you?
is an American informal way to ask how someone is, and “How are you?” is a somewhat formal way to ask how someone is. I disagree with him because “What’s up?” is an American expression that basically means “hello”; it’s not at all used to ask how someone is. And “how are you?”
Why do we say what’s up?
What’s up can be
traced back to the early 19th century
, appearing in English works of fiction as a question or a greeting. It often referred to an event or problem that was “up.” Later iterations, including wassup, whassup, whaddup, and wazzup evolved from slurring the consonants of the original phrase.
How u doing or how are u doing?
Difference between «What are you doing» and «What do you do». The two phrases ‘How Are You’ and ‘How Are You Doing’ are commonly used as
part of a greeting
. It is generally considered that ‘how are you’ is a more formal and reserved greeting than ‘how are you doing.
How do you say hello in slang?
- Yo! This extremely informal greeting is common in America.
- Are you OK?, You alright?, or Alright mate? This casual way of asking both “hello” and “how are you” is common in Britain.
- Howdy! This is a very informal abbreviation of “how do you do?”
- Sup? or Whazzup? …
- G’day mate! …
- Hiya!
