fixin to
Getting ready to
Fixin to (also fixing to) is Southern American dialect for about to or preparing to: I'm fixin to head out, She's fixin to lose her temper.
The phrase suggests imminent action rather than distant plans.
It contracts naturally to finna in rapid speech, which has spread through hip-hop into wider youth slang.
- fixinIntending to act
- about toPoised to act
- gonnaCasual "will" contraction
- readySuitable for use now
- preparingMaking ready beforehand
Southern · drawl · reckon · yes ma'am · bless your heart · good ol boy · front porch · y'all · aiming · intending · planning · getting ready · right quick · starting · headed · hold my beer · dialect · porch
- TexasAlamo, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio
- Regional Slangy'all, bless your heart, cattywampus, ope, you betcha
- dialect featuresregionalism, localism, colloquialism, vernacular, patois
- dialectal expressionsyall, aint, howdy, reckon, yonder
- Southern dialecty'all, bless your heart, reckon, howdy, yonder
- Southwest Slangy'all, howdy, reckon, pardner, dadgum