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happenin'

happenin'

1 9.9
Fashionable and lively, a place or event people want to visit
  • adjective
  • /ˈhæpənɪn/
  • Archaic
: animado
  • Everyone is talking about that new restaurant; it's the happenin' place to be right now.

OK, so Ozer seems to be like happening.

Examples

  • The music festival was the most happenin' event in town this summer.

  • Like, come on, this ain't exactly the most happenin' party I ever been to, okay?

    Night of the Demons (1988)

  • - Can you believe this is happenin' right now?

    EuroClub (2016)

  • This is happenin', all right.

    Modern Problems (1981)

  • Brenda, honey, what's happenin' now?

    Run Hide Fight (2021)

  • After the renovations, the downtown area became a really happenin' spot for nightlife.

Synonyms

bustling
vshappenin'
30 4.1

Full of busy, noisy activity and many people

focuses more on being fashionable and exciting rather than just busy
poppin
vshappenin'
  • Slang
16 9.9

Lively and exciting, like a busy party or club

adds a sense of being fashionable as well as lively
kickin'
vshappenin'
  • Slang
11 9.0

Very lively and exciting, often about music or parties

applies more broadly to places or events, not only music or parties
lit
vshappenin'
  • Slang
10 8.6

Having a lot of fun and excitement, often about parties or events

is milder in excitement rather than very intense

Antonyms

boring
792 1.0

Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient

dull
169 1.3

Not interesting or lively

How Lively

happenin'
  • Archaic
1 9.9
lively
109 1.3
active
232 1.0
calm
680 1.0
quiet
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

happenin' positive
happenin'er comparative
happenin'est superlative

Morphology

happenin' = happening (semi-transparent) = happen + in'

The form is the present participle 'happening' (with g-dropping) and the meaning 'fashionable, lively' is an idiomatic extension from 'occurring'.

Etymology

Happenin' comes from the common verb happen meaning 'to occur' and from happening meaning 'an event'. The casual spelling -in' shows the dropped 'g' in speech, so a place called happenin' is full of activity and feels lively and fashionable.