hiya doin'
(US, colloquial) A greeting.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(US, colloquial) A greeting. Tends to warrant a reply.
"Ah, hello there, Frank!""Hiya doin'?""I'm doing well. Yourself?"
Origin: Conflation of "hiya" and "how are you doing". Evolution was probably "how are you doing" → ''"how're you doin'" → "how're ya doin'" → "howya doin'", at which point "howya" was replaced/confused/conflated with "hiya", resulting in "hiya doin'". Compare to the development of goodbye, howdy-do. Also, compare howzit, whatcha doin'''. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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