# story, bud

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/story-bud
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Used as a greeting; How are you?, What's up?

## Examples

- Hey, story, bud, what are you doing today?
- I saw my neighbor in the hallway and asked, story, bud, how is your week going?
- He leaned against the counter with a casual grin and greeted me by saying, story, bud, tell me what has been happening lately.

## Origin

A variation of the Irish colloquialism *what’s the story, bud*, functioning as a standard greeting. The phrasing preserves the informal address *bud* as a shortening of *buddy*.

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