what's up

phrase

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

What's happening? What's going on?;

a greeting

Categories Greetings

Collocates yo⁶, homie⁵, what it do³, wodie², yac², roll on², 5th Ward², ayo², hops², blood², bitch², bruh², dap², dog², Oaktown², chill², homeboy², hootie hoo², on wax², son², it's on, j, keep it real, LBC, on the cut, one-time, peep out, Piru, push, represent, represent, shout-out, simon, slanger, steelo, step to, strap, stress, trill, triple O.G., wanksta, what it is, what's crackin', down with, Mo City, 213, 40 ounce, baby mama, banger, Benzo, bounce, check, Chi-town, crunk, drank, feel, 5-0, gat, get over, grill, H-town, hoe, honey-dip, iced-up

Domains Everyday

Etymology pre hip-hop, from the 1830s

Synonyms ayo, what it do, what it is, what's crackin', what's poppin', what the dealio, what the dilly, what the lick read, yo

Timeline

1983 Kevie Kev "All Night Long (Waterbed)" [All Night Long (Waterbed)]
Whassup, Juice!
1985 UTFO "Roxanne, Roxanne" [UTFO]
Yeah, what's up, man?
1986-05-15 Run-D.M.C. "Live At The Apollo Raw Vocal" [Raising Hell]
What's up, New York? my name is Jam Master Jay

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