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The greeting comes from 'Whassup?', the Budweiser beer commercial first shown in 1999, in which a group of friends greeted each other on the phone with the same stretched-out word. The advert became a cultural catchphrase in the United States and was parodied in television shows, films and later internet videos. As short clips and soundboards spread online, the long 'wazzuuuup' version survived as a simple, instantly recognisable hello, used today mainly as a joke greeting rather than as a reference to the original advert.
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A long, drawn-out 'wazzuuuup' greeting shout from the classic Whassup meme, used to greet friends, open videos, or answer calls with playful humour.
This is a single, hugely stretched-out greeting, with one voice holding the word 'wazzuuuup' for several seconds before letting it fall away at the end. It starts loud and cheerful, rises slightly in the middle as the speaker leans into the joke, and then trails off with a relaxed, almost laughing tone. The effect is instantly familiar because it copies the way friends exaggerate a hello when they have not seen each other for a while. Played on its own, it feels warm, silly and welcoming, and it can turn a plain entrance, reply or reaction into a small moment of comedy.
