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fixin to 

vernacular peculiar to the the southern US, means one is about to do something or it is in the process of being done.
I'm fixin to whoop yo skanky butt, however I must first wax poetic.
fixin to by matt d patterson August 11, 2006

fixin to 

About to, or getting ready to. Contrary to popular belief this phrase is not used only in the south, althought it is greatly used there.
I'm fixin to go to the store.
fixin to by DTwnBreezi January 17, 2007

fixin to 

A moronic, poorly used English phrase, meaning: I'm getting ready to do (whatever the task may be), or I am preparing for something. Normally used by common hicks from the south, often those who have betrayed their fiances...
I'm fixin' to go to the bank to cash the check you gave me, since I have no money of my own and can't support my own sorry self...
fixin to by zyxlmnop March 31, 2009

fixin' to 

I am fixin' to go to the store.
fixin' to by Allegra March 11, 2003

fixin' to 

Getting ready to (do something). Pronounced "fixin ta" or when contracted further "finna". There are phonemes not used in standard American English in these pronunciations so these translations are not completely accurate. Often thought to be limited to Southern white speakers (fixin' to) or African American speakers (finna) the phrase has made it into Standard American speech as "fixing to".
I fixin' to hit you. I'm fixin' to go shopping.

I finna hit you. I finna go shopping.
fixin' to by languagedog March 2, 2021

fixin’ to 

Black for "about to" or "going to" or even "currently planning on"

found on blackenglish.com
I be fixin’ to fry me some chickens
fixin’ to by FD-MF-R March 9, 2007
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