wassup

American

[wuhs-uhp] / ˈwʌsˈʌp /

Or whassup or wussup

interjection

Slang.

what’s going on or happening; what’s up (used as a greeting).

wassup British

/ wɒˈsʌp /

slang what is happening?

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Etymology

Origin of wassup

First recorded in 1900–05; pronunciation alteration of what’s up (in the same sense)

Example Sentences

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“When I get in there,” she said, running, again, out of the car, “I’m literally gonna be like, ‘Yo, wassup, Mayor?

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2015

Dekline shoes and Dekline team, everybody at grind king, everybody at Ezekiel- wassup speed!, my homie Rod and his boys in Hawaii, Val Surf, FTC, Diamond and everyone at Empire-go damn dumb!,

From Time Magazine Archive

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