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{ "etymology_text": "Alternative form of what's the story (“how are you?”)", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Dublin English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Irish English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2012, Colin Murphy, Donal O'Dea, “18 - Saying 'What's the story?'”, in More Stuff Irish People Love, 2017 edition, The O'Brien Press Ltd, →ISBN:", "text": "*Any non-Irish person should be aware that it is not necessary to take the question literally i.e. one shouldn't start to explain your life story when greeted with 'What's the story?' rather they should respond in kind e.g. Greeting: 'What's the story?' Response: 'What's the story?' There are several variations on the theme, the most popular being 'What's the story, bud?' or the pithy : 'Story, bud?' or the pithier still 'Story?'", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Used as a greeting; How are you?, What's up?" ], "id": "en-what's_the_story,_bud-en-intj-Q1lTklJX", "qualifier": "Dublin", "raw_glosses": [ "(idiomatic, Ireland, Dublin) Used as a greeting; How are you?, What's up?" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "what's the story" }, { "word": "story, bud" }, { "word": "story" } ], "tags": [ "Ireland", "idiomatic" ] } ], "word": "what's the story, bud" }
{ "etymology_text": "Alternative form of what's the story (“how are you?”)", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Dublin English", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English idioms", "English interjections", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English terms with quotations", "Irish English", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2012, Colin Murphy, Donal O'Dea, “18 - Saying 'What's the story?'”, in More Stuff Irish People Love, 2017 edition, The O'Brien Press Ltd, →ISBN:", "text": "*Any non-Irish person should be aware that it is not necessary to take the question literally i.e. one shouldn't start to explain your life story when greeted with 'What's the story?' rather they should respond in kind e.g. Greeting: 'What's the story?' Response: 'What's the story?' There are several variations on the theme, the most popular being 'What's the story, bud?' or the pithy : 'Story, bud?' or the pithier still 'Story?'", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Used as a greeting; How are you?, What's up?" ], "qualifier": "Dublin", "raw_glosses": [ "(idiomatic, Ireland, Dublin) Used as a greeting; How are you?, What's up?" ], "tags": [ "Ireland", "idiomatic" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "what's the story" }, { "word": "story, bud" }, { "word": "story" } ], "word": "what's the story, bud" }
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