What's up
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Etymology
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).
Alternative forms
Phrase
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- What are you doing?
- what's the matter?
- a casual greeting with usage similar to "How are you?" or "Nice to meet you"
- How are you?