| 单词 | how they hanging? |
| 释义 | > as lemmashow (are) they hanging? colloquial (originally U.S.). how's it hanging? (originally how (are) they hanging?) and variants: ‘How are you?’ ‘How's it going?’ Later also used simply as a greeting. Originally with humorous reference to the male genitals, so used chiefly between men, and sometimes answered humorously in the same context (see e.g. quot. 1978). ΚΠ 1928 J. M. March Set-up iii. 16 How they hankgink, Herman? 1933 K. Nicholson & C. Robinson Sailor, Beware! i. i. 16 You can't say ‘Hi, kid, how they hangin'?’ to a guy whose old man's just passed out. 1964 K. Kesey Sometimes Great Notion 507 I stand there and say, ‘Hey there, Shaw, how's it hangin'?’ Nothing. ‘What's happening lately, Shaw boy?’ 1978 W. Diehl Sharky's Machine xv. 239 ‘How they hangin', Sergeant?’ ‘Hangin' full, babe.’ 1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 29 Nov. m2 [The female bouncer] has now learned there are more enticing ways of starting a conversation than by slapping a man across the back and demanding, ‘So, Shorty, how's it hanging?’ 1992 D. Poyer Circle (1993) viii. 126 Dan grinned. ‘How you hanging tonight, Ali?’ 1994 C. Bukowski Pulp (2000) vi. 26 Good morning, Belane, how they hanging? 2012 S. Townsend Woman who went to Bed for Year xiv. 85 Alex, my man! How's it hanging, bro? < as lemmas |
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