whats
Queries the situation
Whats is an informal spelling of "what's," the contraction of "what is" or "what has." The missing apostrophe typically signals casual digital communication: whats going on, whats the plan.
Sometimes appears as a deliberate stylistic choice in texting or social media.
Request for information
- askingPosing questions
- wonderingFeeling curiosity about something
- curiousEager to learn
- queryRequest for information
interrogative · informal · casual · slang · texting · colloquial · shorthand · conversation
Informal greeting inquiry
- howdyInformal rural greeting
- heyInformal greeting or summons
- helloCommon spoken greeting
- informalRelaxed, not official
salutation · casual · friendly · slang · colloquial · opening · icebreaker · conversation
Present-tense existence verb
- apostropheMark showing ownership
- omissionFailure to include
- informalRelaxed, not official
- writingRecorded language on surface
spoken · casual · grammar · abbreviated · shortened · conversational · texting · messaging
question
Request for information
query · interrogative · informal · casual · slang · texting · colloquial · shorthand · conversation · dialogue
wassup
Informal greeting inquiry
informal · salutation · casual · friendly · slang · colloquial · opening · icebreaker · conversation · starter
is
Present-tense existence verb
- apostropheMark showing ownership
- omissionFailure to include
- informalRelaxed, not official
writing · spoken · casual · grammar · abbreviated · shortened · conversational · texting · messaging · chat
- guess whatPhrase preceding surprising news
- what's upCasual inquiry greeting
- so whatExpression of indifference
- what do you meanDemand for clarification
- what the hellExclamation of disbelief
- what ifWords introducing a hypothesis
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