to happenin'
- verb
- /ˈhæpənɪn/
- Slang
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- What's happenin' in the city this weekend that we should check out?
And that's what's happening with you and I.
- And that's what's happening with you and I.
- to all the things that are happening, make a choice.
- What what might be happening to to 'cause this?
- And what ends up happening is a deal gets made.
- Because the good old days are happening right now.
- Those are both sides to what's happening in the thought.
- I don't know what the hell is happening, but I'm reacting.
- So what is the new thing that's happening on Facebook?
- But if you don't know what's happening, then that ages you.
- And what's happening now is we're in a bad time.
- You're not getting what's happening here in the poem.
- Like it's all happening too fast for Harper.
Examples
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What's happenin' in the city this weekend that we should check out?
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The party is happenin' right now!
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The party is really happenin' tonight, with music and dancing everywhere.
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Everyone was talking about the new club that was happenin' last Friday.
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What's happenin' tonight?
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The party is really happenin' tonight, with music and dancing everywhere.
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Everyone was talking about the new club that was happenin' last Friday.
Surface Forms
Morphology
happenin' = happening (transparent) = happen + in'
A colloquial orthographic variant of the standard present participle 'happening' (g-dropping); the meaning 'occurring' is directly derived from 'happen' + -ing.
Etymology
Happenin' is an informal way to say happening, from happen meaning 'to occur', with the final 'g' dropped as -in' to show casual speech. That's why saying something is happenin' means it is 'taking place now'.
