# "What's up?"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 4, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852 "2003-08-04T08:18:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/192852/41 "2003-08-06T12:27:06Z")

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I say “What’s up?” all the time. Saying something that is actually up (the moon, the sky, etc.) is neither clever nor original.

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