what's up

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what's up

Rhymes with -ʌp

Where it comes from

Popularized by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny as part of his catchphrase “Eh... What’s up, doc?”, as early as 1940. Originally a common greeting from Bugs Bunny creator Tex Avery's neighborhood in Taylor, Texas.

phrase wassup · what up · waz up · wazzup · whassup · wuzzup

colloquial, idiomatic, with up, in the sense of "of concern" What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong? You're looking a bit miserable. What's up?
US, colloquial, idiomatic, with up, in the sense of "happening" What's happening? What are you doing? Hey, what's up? – Not much, just working.
Similar: what's happening, what's going on, what's new, what's the haps
colloquial, rhetoric A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you. Hey, what's up? – Hey! Good to see you.

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Every language

phrase What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong?

Español	qué pasa, cuál es el problema
Português	o que foi?, qual é o problema?
Italiano	che c'è
Tiếng Việt	sao vậy

phrase What’s happening? What are you doing?

Español	qué pasa, qué ocurre, qué estás haciendo, qué fue
Français	quoi de neuf
Tiếng Việt	gì vậy

phrase How are you?

Español	qué tal, qué pasa, cómo estás, que lo que, qué bolá, qué boletín
中文	怎麼樣 /怎么样 zěnmeyàng
Português	e aí, tudo em cima, tudo bem
Français	quoi de neuf
Deutsch	wie geht's, was läuft, was geht, was geht ab
Italiano	come butta, come va, bella fratè
Ελληνικά	τι γίνεται ti gínetai
Русский	как дела́ kak delá, в чём де́ло v čom délo, что случи́лось što slučílosʹ, чё-как čo-kak
עברית	מה קורה

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@misc{what_s_up_2026,
  title = {what's up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/what's%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}