"what's the story" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From What's the story with you?, possibly through Irish cad é an scéal (lit. \"What's the story\") (possible backtranslation)",
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      "expansion": "what's the story",
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        {
          "text": "What's the story with you and Janine? Are you dating or just friends?",
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        "Requesting an explanation."
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          "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",
          "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?'",
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        "A greeting; How are you?, What's up?"
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        "(idiomatic, Ireland, Dublin) A greeting; How are you?, What's up?"
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          "sense": "greeting",
          "word": "what's the story, bud"
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          "sense": "greeting",
          "word": "story, bud"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "sense": "greeting",
          "word": "story"
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        "Ireland",
        "idiomatic"
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  "word": "what's the story"
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          "text": "What's the story with you and Janine? Are you dating or just friends?",
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        "Requesting an explanation."
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        "A greeting; How are you?, What's up?"
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      "word": "what's the story, bud"
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      "word": "story, bud"
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      "word": "story"
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