About to; preparing to.
About to; preparing to. "Fixin' to leave" = about to leave. Quintessentially Southern, particularly Texan and Appalachian.
"I'm fixin' to head out."
Fixin' to means: About to; preparing to. "Fixin' to leave" = about to leave. Quintessentially Southern, particularly Texan and Appalachian.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
fixin' to means: About to; preparing to. "Fixin' to leave" = about to leave. Quintessentially Southern, particularly Texan and Appalachian.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
Fixin' to means: About to; preparing to. "Fixin' to leave" = about to leave. Quintessentially Southern, particularly Texan and Appalachian.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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Going to / about to — contraction of "fixing to." "I'm finna leave" = "I'm about to leave." Ubiquitous in AAVE and documented as far back as the 1940s, though outside the US it still reads distinctly American.
(intransitive, AAVE, Appalachia, and, Southern US, informal, dated) To intend or prepare to do something.
(obsolete, _, in affirmative) Indicates that one is preparing or planning to do the stated thing at some time in the future, not necessarily imminently.
(as negative 'not about to', informal, originally, _, US, Canada) Indicates that one has no intention of doing the stated thing at any time in the future.
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