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fixing to- verb meaning to start or begin

I am fixing to take my shower. Anyone need in the bathroom before i do? or Dude, watch this, Rocky is fixing to kick Appollo Creed's ass. or Im fixing to go out , so don't wait up for me.

Generally used only in the state of Texas, 'fixing to' is the equivalent of 'about to' or 'getting ready to'. If used outside of Texas, likely the person using it is from Texas or has spent a great deal of time in Texas. Also, this person will likely be on the receiving end of, "You're... what?"

"I'm fixing to watch the football game on TV."

going to or about to. Used only in the deep south or by people from the deep south. Also pronounced as "fittina".

Hey y'all! I reckon I'm fixing to marry my cousin who's also my sister!

when southerners are about to accomplish tasks. pronounced "fiddin ta"

We fiddin ta get blazed up in herrrr.

a fuck ass way for people from the south to say about to

I'm fixing to go to the house.

It means you are about to do something, or more accurately you are doing something now that will lead to you doing the thing that you are fixin' to do. Fixing = preparation Others here have the pronunciation wrong, when spoken it sounds like one word: "fixina" which led to it's child word finna In the South we like to run our words together, it's too hot to pronounce every letter.

Texan: "I'm fixing to go unload my pickup cuz it's full of junk and I've gotta go get cokes for the party." Translation: I am in the process of preparing to go begin unloading the miscellaneous items from the back of my truck because I must go purchase beverages for the party.

the event's been rigged and there is a conspiracy

I'm the key figure in and ongoing government conspiracy, the plot to conceal the truth about the existence of extraterrestrials. It a global conspiracy really, with key players in the highest positions of power and it reaches down into the lives of every man, woman, and child on this planet. So of course no one believes me. I'm an annoyance to my superiors, a joke to my peers. They call me Spooky, Spooky Mulder whose sister was abducted by aliens when he was just a kid and now chases after little green men with a badge and a gun shouting to the heaven and to anyone who will listen that the fix is in, that the sky is falling, and when it hits is gonna be the biggest shit storm of all time...