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What is Reaching?
Reach, or reaching is a synonym for come, coming, arrive, arriving, attend, attending etc.
It is often used in place of such phrases as: "Are you coming?", "Are you going\going to make it?", " Are you on your way?" in the interrogitive, and "Come over", "I'll be there", "I'm on the way" etc. in the exclamatory.
It often stands alone as the sole word in an (sms)text message.
Anecdotal evidence could lead one to believe that this unconventional, ambiguous usage of the word was introduced into the urban lexicon by homophobic, adolescent, or twenty-something wiggas, who possibly feared reprisal at the double entendre the words come and coming conjured in their cohorts, friends and\or homies.
Ultimately, and this is just a gut feeling, I believe the aforementioned (admittedly dubious) etymological origin story smacks of the clumsy and often extremely loose and liberal repurposing of words and phrases which have become commonplace in the post-www.\sms era of of the past few decades.
Said slanglish was probably first uttered by one young hip-hop sycophant to a friend, or acquaintance who probably had to ask for clarification as to its contextual meaning. Apparently, it was deemed either sufficiently cool and\or enough of a time\140 character saver when used as a single word in place of an entire sentence, that it managed to gain traction and be thusly co-opted and amalgamated into the lols and imhos of females aged 12-32...ensuring it's inclusion in the Urban Dictionary.
Yo, you reaching tonight?
Ya, imma reach.
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Reaching - video
Reaching - what is it?
reach, reachin, to go to. to be goin to i will go to. act of travel
i.e, im bout to reach derr now jus hol up seen
What does "Reaching" mean?
The UNSC main military planet, close to earth, and suffered a sneak attack from the covenant.
Thats it, we've lost REACH
Reaching - what does it mean?
are you reaching the club tonight?
Reaching - meaning
Action.
When somebody is taking something too far
Linda: Hey tiffany, can i borrow a dollar?
Tiffanny: Yah sure.
Linda:..oh and can i borrow a twenty too?
Tiffany:Okay now your just reaching.
Reaching - definition
When someone over-exaggerates facts to validate their own opinion
Friend: "Raini Rodriguez single-handedly saved the music industry"
Me: "That's a reach" / "You're reaching"
Reaching - slang
the slang “reaching” can be used in a couple of ways. you’re able to use it when someone’s over exaggerating something to make it seem worse than what it actually was, or taking something too far.
-example 1, over exaggerating-
person 1: *accidentally bumps into somebody*
person 2: hey !
person 1: oh, i’m sorry !
person 3: what happened?
person 2: they hit me on purpose, and they also insulted me for no reason ! *cries*
person 1: you reaching, fool...
-example 2, taking it too far-
*two students roasting each other for fun*
person 1: and that’s why you balding at the age of 16.
person 2: oh yeah? well that’s why your parents left you, and told you straight up, that you’re a waste of oxygen and space. it all makes sense why you’re so disrespectful towards everybody knowing that you got family issues, i mean... it’s not like you have a family.
everybody: *silence*
person 3: yo, you reaching...
person 1: *cries in orphan*
Reaching
The act of doing absolutely nothing but playing Halo Reach. Usually one "Reaches" instead of doing more important things like schoolwork or important dates.
Burnie: "Hey Geoff, did you finish that render i asked you to do a few weeks ago?"
Geoff: "Sorry, but i've been reaching every night."
Burnie: "Amen to that. I missed my kid's fourth grade play because of my reaching."
Reaching
Said when someone is going too far with their actions and/or their opinions
Person1: Dude, kiribakus made a petition directed to Horikoshi to make their ship canon
Person2: Those clowns sure are reaching
Reaching
Term used when someone tries to relate one thing to another using completely irrelevant evidence and information.
Ex1.
Person 1: A dice is related to racism because there are black spots and the majority is white.
Person 2: wtf..
Person 3: this kid's reaching.
Ex2.
Person 1: man why you hating?
Person 2: you reaching