how you been

Meaning

1. Editorial100% of films

   A casual greeting that asks how someone has been getting on since you last saw them.

In the movies · 11

• - How you been, Ike? - Good. How you been?Manhattan1979
• So, Buggin Out, how you been?Do the Right Thing1989
• Kate, how you been?Tombstone1993
• How you been?Moonlight2016
• How you been?Lords of Dogtown2005
• So, how you been?Nebraska2013
• How you been?Babylon2022
• How you been?The Internship2013

Learn it in full scenes

• Manhattan1979
  • The Drowning Question at Dinner
  • Isaac and Yale Talk About an Affair
  • Isaac Sends Tracy Home
• Do the Right Thing1989
  • Love Daddy Wakes the Block
  • Morning Shift at Sal's Pizzeria
  • Da Mayor Sweeps and Gets Scolded

More slang

• go nuts
• spit it out
• no clue
• hold your horses
• don't freak out
• keep it together
• get off my back
• hit on
• i'll be damned
• on the rocks
• now you're talking
• screw him