Idiom
what's the story, bud
Meaning
Used as a greeting; How are you?, What's up?
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“What's the story, bud? How is your day going?”
“I saw him at the cafe and asked, what's the story, bud, what have you been up to?”
“He walked into the workshop with a grin and greeted the mechanic by asking, what's the story, bud, is the engine finally fixed?”
Examples
simple
“What's the story, bud? How is your day going?”
contextual
“I saw him at the cafe and asked, what's the story, bud, what have you been up to?”
complex
“He walked into the workshop with a grin and greeted the mechanic by asking, what's the story, bud, is the engine finally fixed?”
Origin
An alternative form of the greeting *what's the story*, used to enquire after a person's well-being. The term *bud* functions as a familiar address, though the source records no specific dates or named entities regarding its coinage.
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