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what mean "what's up?".
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It's a greeting.

How are you?
How's it going?
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It's a greeting.

How are you?
How's it going?
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what mean "what's up?".
In BrE it can also mean 'What is wrong?'
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It's an informal greeting that might be rhetorical, depending on the circumstance.
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