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 yo⁴, homie³, dap², chill², blood², homeboy², yac², Oaktown², Benzo, bitch, bounce, crunk, drank, 5-0, gat, get over, honey-dip, hootie hoo, iced-up, j, LBC, Piru, push, roll on, shout-out, slanger, steelo, step to, strap, stress, wanksta, what's crackin', down with, Mo City, what it do, bruh, dog, 213, 40 ounce, baby mama, banger

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 Schoolly D "I Don't Like Rock & Roll" [Schoolly D]
Yo, yo, man, whassup, man?

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