Reverse Dictionary: HOW ARE YOU?

PHRASES
► FAIR TO MIDDLING a jocular reply to ‘How are you?’ → 1945 
► HOW ARE YOU HITTING THEM? how are you? how are things going? → 1897 Amer. sl.
► LIKE A STRAWYARD BULL, FULL OF FUCK AND HALF-STARVED a jocose retort to the question, “How are you?”; (strawyard; a shelter or refuge for the destitute) → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► NOT SO DUSTY not too bad, fairly well; often used in response to how are you?’ → 1856 sl.
► TOWER BRIDGE used in reply to “How are you?”, meaning up and down, so-so → 1930s 
► WAT UP? how are you doing? → 20C students’ sl.
► WHADDYA KNOW? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? → 1910s sl.
► WHAT DO YOU SAY? how are you? → 1920s sl.
► WHAT DO YOU THINK? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? → 1910s sl.