It means what our purpose, raison d’etre, function, principles are. Closely related to the sense of about in This story is about the fall of Troy.

colloquial The way in which one is thinking about something or dealing with something emotionally; one’s mental or emotional status or condition.

“We”, in this sense, is kind of like the “royal we”, only in reverse. Often used when “talking down” to a child, or simply when “being familiar” with the individual. ” How are we?” basically means “How are you?”, but leaves things open to mention family and friends in response to the query. –

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When you think of Joey Tribbiani, you probably think Days of Our Lives, a deep lust for sandwiches, and his defining phrase, “How YOU doin’?” It’s a line that encapsulates everything we know to be true about the Friends character, a man so confident in his looks and general appeal that he’d rarely pass up an …

If so, in the US, it depends on the region of the country. In most of the rest of the country, “you all” suggests you are asking multiple people at the same time. A performer often greets the audience with, “How are you all doing today?” referring to each person in the audience.

WATCH: Wendy Williams on the Origins of ‘How You Doin’?’ “First of all, you have to say it like a drag queen,” Williams told Cane. According to Williams, the catchphrase came about from her stint on a Philadelphia radio morning show, when a cohost would affect the voice of a gay character named Shantay.

Out of all the things Joey said over the course of Friends, “how you doin?”, became the most famous. Since almost the beginning of the series, this was his catchphrase. Friends turned the simple line into something unforgettable when Joey was saying it, and it will probably forever be associated with his character.

What’s funny is that “how YOU doin’” is easily Joey’s most famous quote, but he actually didn’t say it all that often. Out of 236 episodes over 10 seasons, he said it less than 20 times.

Introduced in: Season 4, Episode 13, The One With Rachel’s Crush – Joey teaching Rachel how to pick up on a man: “Oh-oh-oh-oh, how I do it is, I look a woman up and down and say, ‘Hey, how you doin?’ “

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The One With Rachel’s Crush

Tate Donovan, who plays Joshua, actually had been Jennifer Aniston’s boyfriend but they had just broken up before this episode was recorded. One of the moving box of Monica labels kitchen dishes (fancy) which was mentioned in the previous episode that Monica categorizes her kitchen dishes in 11 categories.

The expression How you doin’? is a modification of the English How are you doing? which is another way of saying “How are you?”. Joey does the same (probably a reference to his foreign descent) but in his case, the sentence is a pick-up line, a conversation starter for his die hard promiscuity with women.

If you would be happy for the conversation to continue you could say something like ‘I’m fine, thanks, and you? ‘ If you’re not fine, the best responses are probably still ‘Good’, ‘Fine’ or “I can’t complain.” If things are not going well, maybe you could say, ‘Not too bad, thanks’ or ‘OK, I guess’.

How you doing is an informal greeting like How’s it going.