# how are you

Pronunciation: US say "how AR yoo" /haʊ ˈɑɹ ju/; say "how AH yoo" UK /haʊ ˈɑː juː/, AUS /hæɔ ˈaː jʉː/

## Idiom

1. An informal greeting in the form of a question, which does not expect a real account of how the person is.
   - Simple: A friendly way to say hello, asked as a question that does not need a real answer.
   - _"Morning, Dr. Patel, how are you?" "Good, thanks. And you?"_
   - _The cashier said "How are you?" without even looking up from the register._
2. Used after a noun, as an exclamation, to scorn the thing named as unworthy of the name. *(Ireland)*
   - Simple: Said after a word to show you think something does not deserve that name.
   - _"Service, how are you!" he muttered after waiting forty minutes for the bill._
   - _The council promised us a new playground. Playground how are you! It's two swings and a puddle._

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