happenin'

Examples

• All

• When she saw her cousin at the concert, she greeted him with a cheerful 'Happenin'?'

• At the start of the meeting, someone joked, 'Happenin'?' to break the ice.

• He walked into the room and said, 'Happenin'?' to his friends.

• I just wanted to see what's happenin' with you.

• He walked into the room and said, 'Happenin'?' to his friends.

• When she saw her cousin at the concert, she greeted him with a cheerful 'Happenin'?'

• At the start of the meeting, someone joked, 'Happenin'?' to break the ice.

Synonyms

W

what's up

vshappenin'

• Informal

554 7.2

A friendly question asking how someone is or what they are doing

is the same greeting but uses different casual wording

W

what's good

vshappenin'

• Informal

38 9.1

A casual greeting asking how someone is or what's new

is more neutral, asking generally about events or personal wellbeing

W

wassup

vshappenin'

• Slang

3 9.9

A casual way to ask someone how they are or what they are doing

is similar but is a more colloquial spoken form

S

sup

vshappenin'

• Slang

2 9.9

A short informal way to ask how someone is

is similar but is a short casual variant commonly used

S

suh

vshappenin'

• Slang

2 9.9

A casual way to say hello to someone

is similar but is a more general informal inquiry

H

how goes it

vshappenin'

• Archaic

2 8.5

To ask someone how they are when you meet them

is used more broadly to ask what is happening and wellbeing

S

supp

vshappenin'

• Slang

9.9

A casual hello used to ask how someone is doing

is broader, asking about events as well as personal wellbeing

H

how's tricks

vshappenin'

• Archaic

9.9

To ask someone in a friendly, casual way how they are

is a more general informal greeting about events or personal state

H

hiya doin'

vshappenin'

• UK

9.9

A friendly informal greeting asking how someone is

is broader, asking about events in addition to personal feelings

H

how are you diddling

vshappenin'

• Archaic

9.9

A friendly informal greeting that asks how someone is doing

is more general, asking about events or wellbeing rather than only feelings

H

how goes the battle

vshappenin'

• Archaic

9.4

To ask someone how their work or task is going

is broader, asking generally about what is happening or someone's wellbeing

How Casual

happenin'

• Slang

9.9

what's up

• Informal

554 7.2

hey

• Informal

∞ 3.6

hi

• Informal

∞ 1.0

hello

9 1.0

good morning

480 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology