HELLO
INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ABOI-HOI! ► ABOY-HOY! hello! → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BARN DOOR hello, good day; (French ‘bonjour’) → Amer. World War I sl.
► BONE JAR hello; (French ‘bonjour’) → Amer. World War I sl.
► BONE JAW hello; (French ‘bonjour’) → Amer. World War I sl.
► DAY! hello! good day! → M19 colloq.
► G’DAY ► GIDDAY ► GOODAY hello → 1928 Aust.
► HOWDY DOODY! how do you do? hello → 1956 Amer. sl.
► I WOULDN’T BE DEAD FOR QUIDS! a positive reply to ‘Howya going?’ → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WHADDYA KNOW? ► WHAT DO YOU KNOW? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? → 1910s sl.
► WHAT DO YOU THINK? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? → 1910s sl.
► WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? hello → 1970s US students’ sl.
► WHAT IT IS! a friendly greeting, hello, how are you? → 1980s African-American sl.
► WHAT’S HAPPENING? Hello → 1950s Amer. sl.
► WHAT’S SHAKING? Hello → 1950s Amer. sl.
► WOTCHA ► WOTCHER hello, ‘what cheer?’ → 1894 Brit.
► WOTCHERO! hello! → L19
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