Talk:what's with

Tea room discussion
You'll often hear school kids in Australia say What's with you? to mean What's wrong with you? How can we include that sense in with? ---&gt; Tooironic 23:08, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It seems to me like a two-parter.
 * For with: that seems like too narrow a usage example. I think the sense of with is something like "in relation to":
 * What's up with the new banner? / What's with the new banner?
 * What's happening with the health-care vote? / What's with the health-care vote?
 * In this usage with is unstressed.
 * But there is also a usage in which with (or its object) is heavily stressed (as I hear it in the US), which may be the same as what you are referring to. I think it is not exactly "wrong with", but perhaps someone else can find wording for this sense of with.
 * What is with him lately?
 * What's with him?
 * It may be that what's with: should be considered an idiom. It seems like a specialized interrogative pronoun, like {term|wherefor}}, possibly on the way to becoming a compound spelled solid. DCDuring TALK 11:24, 18 March 2010 (UTC)


 * What PoS would that fall under? ---&gt; Tooironic 22:13, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * When a multi-word expression doesn't come close to fitting into a real PoS or a Proverb, I punt and call it a Phrase using . This one seems like it might also belong in Category:English idioms and Category:English non-constituents. DCDuring TALK 00:11, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, great, I just added entry at what's with. Cheers. ---&gt; Tooironic 07:57, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

what is it with
Is what is it with an variant form? --Backinstadiums (talk) 14:42, 30 July 2020 (UTC)