Meanings
- humorousA response to being greeted with "hello".
Tom hailed the romantic outcast: “Hello, Huckleberry!” “Hello yourself, and see how you like it.”
1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 64
Origin
Probably popularised by its occurrence in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876; see quotation).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
hello yourself, and see how you like it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hello%20yourself%2C%20and%20see%20how%20you%20like%20it
“hello yourself, and see how you like it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hello%20yourself%2C%20and%20see%20how%20you%20like%20it. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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