namaste vs what's up

namaste

intj
  • A greeting (only in Indian culture-related or New Age contexts and Indianized literature) 

verb
  • To utter "namaste". 

noun
  • The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste, with folded hands and a slight bow. 

  • In yoga, the pose associated with this word, usually with the flat hands held palms together, fingers up, in front of the heart and a slight bow. 

what's up

phrase
  • What's happening? What are you doing? 

  • What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong? 

  • A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you. 

How often have the words namaste and what's up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )