what's up

Etymology
Made popular by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny as part of his catch phrase “What’s up Doc?”, as early as 1940. Originally a common greeting from Bugs Bunny creator Tex Avery's neighborhood in Taylor, Texas.

Phrase

 * 1)  What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong?
 * 2)  What's happening? What are you doing?
 * 3)  A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you.
 * 1)  What's happening? What are you doing?
 * 2)  A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you.
 * 1)  What's happening? What are you doing?
 * 2)  A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you.
 * 1)  A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you.
 * 1)  A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you.
 * 1)  A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you.

Usage notes
Sometimes, people give sarcastic responses to this question, such as "the sky" or "the ceiling" (or anything that is above the speaker).

Translations

 * Dutch: wat is er aan de hand
 * Esperanto: kio okazas, kio estas la problemo, kio misas
 * Finnish: mikä hätänä
 * Hungarian: mi a baj
 * Indonesian: ada apa
 * Irish: céard atá ort, cad atá cearr
 * Italian: che c'è
 * Kapampangan: mipakananu ka, mipakananu kayo, mipakananu kayu po, nang atin
 * Portuguese: o que foi?
 * Spanish: qué pasa, cuál es el problema
 * Tagalog: ano'ng meron, ano'ng problema
 * Vietnamese: sao vậy
 * Welsh: beth sy'n bod
 * Zazaki: se biyo


 * Bulgarian: какво́ ста́ва
 * Esperanto: kio okazas
 * Finnish: mitä teet
 * Hungarian: mi a helyzet
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: céard atá ar siúl agat
 * Kapampangan: ninanu, nananu, menanu ka
 * Marathi: काय चाललं आहे?
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hva skjer
 * Polish:, co tam, , ,
 * Spanish: qué pasa, qué ocurre, qué estás haciendo
 * Tagalog: ano'ng balita
 * Urdu: کیا ہو رہا ہے؟
 * Vietnamese: gì vậy
 * Zazaki: seni sono


 * American Sign Language: Open8@Chest-PalmBack-Open8@Chest-PalmBack Open8@SideNeckhigh-PalmBack-Open8@SideNeckhigh-PalmBack
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: عامل ايه؟
 * Hijazi Arabic: إيش مسوي
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bikol Legazpi: nem, nom
 * Bikol Naga:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: как си?, как сте?
 * Catalan: què hi ha
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (zěnmeyàng)
 * Danish: hvad så, hva' så
 * Dutch: wat is er, hoe gaat het, alles goed
 * Esperanto: kiel vi fartas, kiel vi, kio novas
 * Finnish:, , , mikä on,
 * French:
 * Galician: que tal, que hai, como lle vai
 * Georgian: რას შვრები
 * German:, was läuft, was geht, was geht ab
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מה קורה
 * Hungarian:, mizus mizujs
 * Icelandic: hvað segist, hvað er að frétta, hvað er títt
 * Ido: quo eventas
 * Irish: cén scéal
 * Italian: come butta, come va
 * Kapampangan: nanu na, musta naka, nanka
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: çi heye,
 * Latin: quid novi
 * Luganda: eradde, agafaayo, agafa eyo, mawulire ki
 * Navajo: haʼíí baa naniná, ąąʼ haʼíí
 * Nepali: तिमीलाई कस्तो छ, के छ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hva skjer, står til
 * Nynorsk: kva skjer
 * Persian: چه خبر؟
 * Portuguese:, tudo em cima,
 * Russian:, в чём де́ло, что случи́лось, чё-как
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: što ima, kaj ima , šta ima , šta je
 * Slovene: kako si, kje si, kaj bo dobrega, kako gre, kaj dogaja
 * Spanish: qué tal, qué pasa, cómo estás, que lo que
 * Sranan Tongo: ofa
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, ano'ng balita
 * Thai: ว่าไง
 * Turkish: ne haber (n'aber), naber
 * Ukrainian: як справи
 * Urdu: کیا حال ہے؟, کیا خبر
 * Uzbek: nima gap
 * Welsh: siwmae
 * Zazaki: seni beno


 * Arabic:
 * Hebrew:
 * Romanian:
 * Shona:
 * Slovene:
 * Telugu:, (1); , ,  (2)