story

intj

Etymology: Etymology tree English what's the story English story Alternative form of what's the story (“how are you?”)

1. Used as a greeting, short for what's the story?

   “*Any non-Irish person should be aware that it is not necessary to take the question literally i.e. one shouldn't start to explain your life story when greeted with 'What's the story?' rather they should respond in kind e.g. Greeting: 'What's the story?' Response: 'What's the story?' There are several variations on the theme, the most popular being 'What's the story, bud?' or the pithy : 'Story, bud?' or the pithier still 'Story?'”

name

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana.
4. A ghost town in St. Clair County, Missouri.
5. An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska.
6. A census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of storey.

   “Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator.”

   “The lower story of the market-house was open on all four of its sides to the public square.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr Proto-Hellenic *wístōr Ancient Greek ἵστωρ (hístōr) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía)bor. Latin historiader. Old French estoire Old French estoriebor. Middle English storie English story From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “learning through research”). Doublet of history and storey.

1. To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.

   “How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing.”

   “It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high.”

2. To post a story (chronological collection of pictures or short videos) on an application or website.

   “But Portman, quite self-deprecating about her social-media savvy, says she . . . isn’t quite fully at ease yet with the world of double-taps and geotags and storying.”

   “I hereby argue that the only thing that would make these mini Friends reunions truly complete would be contributions from Aniston herself, who decidedly does not have an Instagram page. Imagine the content possibilities: Aniston looking flawless and chic by the pool; Aniston Storying herself shopping at Gelson’s; […]”