Meanings
- informalInformal form of how are you doing.
“How’re you doing, my man?” the train operator yelled as he pulled away.
2019 March 21, Claudia Goddard, “Metropolitan Diary: Important announcement”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 20192 more examples
It’s a crisp fall day, but my mother is sweating, poison rippling through her system. “How’re you doing?” I ask
1996 September 8, David L. Ulin, “Cancer’s Lessons”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025That is my persona. It’s not me. People on the Stern show know what I’m like in real life. They go to a commercial break and it’s, like, “How’re you doing? What did you do this weekend?” . . . But for some reason, that dumb animal doesn’t get it.
2021 April 17, Michael Kaplan, quoting Michael Rapaport, “Michael Rapaport on his famous feuds with Kevin Durant, Barstool Sports & more”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2021
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