# What's up?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 20, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355 "2010-07-20T15:50:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![pericynthion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85e7bf/32.png) [@pericynthion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pericynthion)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/21 "2010-07-20T19:56:25Z")

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The direction of greatest increasing slope in gravitational potential energy.

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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/22 "2010-07-20T20:15:03Z")

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\*\*What’s up? \*\*

Too wordy, and outdated.

Should just be “sup!?”

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/23 "2010-07-20T20:56:52Z")

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> [@Mooch](#):
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> Real funny, coming from a cat. Cats put their anuses on EVERYTHING.

“This is my butt. Would you like a closer look at my butt? Here it is!”

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/24 "2010-07-20T21:04:42Z")

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The unit vector antiparallel to the local apparent gravitational field.

Or, if I’m not in that kind of mood, “That way” and point.

For some reason, nobody ever asks me “What’s up?” any more.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/25 "2010-07-20T21:23:19Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> “This is my butt. Would you like a closer look at my butt? Here it is!”

I had enough cat butt today, thankyouverymuch, bit I should post about that in the shaved cat thread.

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**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/26 "2010-07-20T22:33:25Z")

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The answer would depend on where you are relative to the questioner. One of my coworkers stood on a table to put a poster on the wall and when the boss came in and asked her “What’s up?” she said “I am.”

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/27 "2010-07-20T22:59:55Z")

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In space, ‘up’ is irrelevant. In space.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/28 "2010-07-20T23:12:46Z")

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“Do you mean from the perspective of someone on earth?”

“The earth is a globe; nothing is really “up,” per se.”

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/29 "2010-07-21T00:26:02Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> “Do you mean from the perspective of someone on earth?”
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> “The earth is a globe; nothing is really “up,” per se.”

Because it’s in. . .space. I am unaware of the frequency.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/30 "2010-07-21T01:18:25Z")

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When someone asks me “What’s the good word?”, I always reply, “icthyophagus”.

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**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up/547355/31 "2010-07-21T06:21:53Z")

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No, Who’s up.

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