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what's crappenin'

what's crappenin' is the pronunciation spelling of what's crappening.

Meaning of what's crappening

Interjection

  1. (informal, slang, vulgar) A greeting.
    • “Hey,” I said. I lit a cigarette. “What's crappening?” one of the guys responded. He was a funny-looking dude with a goofy, fifties-style flat-top haircut and a big beer gut. He looked about our age. “Who are you?” Donnie said. He was tired from driving and slightly on edge.2010 November 9, Derek Rubin, “The Porchies”, in Promised Lands: New Jewish American Fiction on Longing and Belonging, UPNE, →ISBN, page 195

Origin of what's crappenin'

Blend of crap + what's happening.

Questions about what's crappenin'

What is what's crappenin' the pronunciation spelling of?
What's crappenin' is the pronunciation spelling of what's crappening.

Words near what's crappenin' in the dictionary

  1. what's bracking
  2. what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
  3. what's cooking
  4. what's crackin'
  5. what's cracking
  6. what's crappenin'
  7. what's crappening
  8. what's doing
  9. what's done cannot be undone
  10. what's done is done
  11. what's eating

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