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(intransitive, AAVE, Appalachia, and, Southern US, informal, dated) To intend or prepare to do something.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026US

(intransitive, AAVE, Appalachia, and, Southern US, informal, dated) To intend or prepare to do something.

I’m fixing to whoop you if you don’t shut up.
For parents

Fix to means: To intend or prepare to do something.. It has drug-related associations; worth a calm conversation about which side of the topic your teen is on. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.

For ESL learners

fix to means: To intend or prepare to do something.. Register: dated, informal. Avoid in formal, business, academic, or polite writing. Even in casual speech the word can offend and is best left out of a learner's active vocabulary. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.

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Heard in the wild
  • A quick fix to make it more American would be to let players shoot the infants.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • For the record, I'm full on board with trading Matthews. I don't think a quick fix to being a contender is possible. That window has closed.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • "Don't hallucinate" - absolutely the fix to hallucinations in LLMs. Why did no one think of it before this genius!

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • I didn't get the response I thought I would have so I then started to work the concern with other teams. We started to get a little traction but had to wait for a certain large software update, not a hot fix to address the issue. The problem acerbated during Monopoly & AMOE.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • It's so seductive to think there is a quick technical fix to cultural problems.

    Bluesky· May 2026
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Fix to means: To intend or prepare to do something.. It has drug-related associations; worth a calm conversation about which side of the topic your teen is on. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.

Why is this section here?

Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.

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