fixin’ to

Meaning. Southern-influenced shorthand meaning about to do something soon.

See it in a sentence

I’m fixin’ to head out in a minute.

How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

Informal shorthand for about to.

Shorthand for about to; signals you are on the verge of doing something.

Completely serious; a way of insisting you are telling the truth. Same as deadass.

About to do something.