Definitions
Wiktionary
- idiomatic, colloquial What are you doing?; what is happening?
- informal How are you?; how are you feeling?
- idiomatic, colloquial What’s the matter?
- rhetorical question, colloquial A casual greeting with a meaning similar to how are you? or nice to meet you.
Etymologies
- Made popular by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny who used it as early as 1940 as part of his catch phrase “What’s up Doc?” (where each word was pronounced distinctly). (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Lists
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Eternal Questions
I wish I could remember the question that inspired this list a couple of days ago.
why, the great questio..., the chicken or th..., what is the sound..., what time is it, is the pope catholic, are we not men, where's waldo, what's it all abo..., is that all there..., where's the rest ..., to be or not to be and 290 more...
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Greetings
Things I say to people!
hi, hello, how are you doing, top of the day to..., hola, hey, what are you doing, what's that stran..., get out of the ba..., you again, is your homework ..., where's my other ... and 31 more...
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