"'Sup Dude?"

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How would you like being asked the question,

"'Sup Dude?"

at some social gathering?

That's actually never happened to me.

When I was a kid, one kid would say "What it is?" (yes, with that syntax) and I was supposed to answer "What you want it to be."

I get plenty of "yo's!"

It doesn't bother me. I've been asked that plenty of times even though I'm a girl and I've said it more than plenty of times to other people. It's just a greeting.

I haven't heard "What it is" in forever! I had actually forgotten about that one!

Its just an alternative for 'what's up?'. Generally I respond with either a 'not much', it's okay' or I summarize how I feel in a couple sentences. Avoiding going on about it too much is difficult for us aspies, but its something we have to learn to not do.

"sup" is an outdated form of "sip". so they must be asking what you are drinking.

Shurrup tha daft sod, sup simply means, what's up or eh up etc. Not a question in it's self but just a kindly greeting. And sup is far from outdated, at least not where I live, as in sup up your ale son.

If someone said sup bro to me though I would find offence.

Yeah. It is current. Its short for "what's up?". Which is another way of saying "how are you?".

You answer by saying "sup?" back.

As with "how are you?" you dont go into a dissertaton about how you actually are (are what indeed is 'up').

nothing much what about you is my default answer to that question.

People that talk like that make me want to die.

"Sup dude"

I unveil my handgun and just blow my brains at the spot.

Does the head nod/shake thing go along with "sup?" lol

"Sup?" stirs the same nervousness that, "What's going on?" does. I have a response for "How are you?" (I'm alright, how are you?), but I haven't thought out a response for "What's going on?" because I don't hear it that often.

What I can find annoying about the question is being called "dude".

Like I am some random person the person asking could not give a f**k about.


But I know that is what being social is about. When you are social you get reduced to your skills/looks etc. You have no inherent worth.

At least you're being called a "dude" in the 2010's. It just means "guy."

In the old days, "dude" meant a naive, green person.

In those days, there were "dude ranches"; they were resort spots for people who were not really "hip" on aspects of Western (i.e., cowboy) life, such as riding horses. The clients of the "dude ranches" were "dudes" according to the people who ran these places.

Last edited by kraftiekortie on 23 May 2014, 7:43 am, edited 1 time in total.

Why do you have this reaction to it? It's a term of familiarity, that's all. You know, friendliness, the ability to be casual with each other.

I wouldn't have a problem with the "s'up" part, I've used that myself, and I like "what's up" far better than "how are you". Since I'm female I might wonder if dude was meant as a slight.

I think I understand why you don't like the dude part though. Put together I can see how it just sounds like (and is) something shallow they throw at you in passing by. It doesn't mean anything and isn't personal, just a pointless greeting that doesn't even acknowledge you as a person. It would also annoy me that they'd sound like a stoner.

'sup bro

keep it real