Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

what's the story

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables: what's the s-to-ry
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Requesting an explanation.

intj

A greeting; How are you?, What's up?

Example Sentences

"What's the story with you and Janine? Are you dating or just friends?"
"*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?'"

Etymology

From What's the story with you?, possibly through Irish cad é an scéal (lit. "What's the story") (possible backtranslation).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: cad é an scéal

Inflected Forms

story (alternative)

Questions

What does what's the story mean?: Requesting an explanation.
Where does what's the story come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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