whaddya
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whaddya
- (slang) Contraction of what do you.
- Whaddya think of my new dress?
- 1942 September 27, “A Mark Hellinger 'Short Short' Story”, in The Democrat and Chronicle's Sunday Magazine, Rochester, N.Y., page 10:
- "Mildred's got five kids?" Frank seemed genuinely startled. "Well, whaddya know! Mildred with five kids!"
- 2004, Carlin, George, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, OCLC 757869006, OL 24604921M, page 237:
- LESTER: Well, suppose you wished one candle would stay lit.
CHESTER: Whaddya mean?
LESTER: I mean suppose you wished that one candle would stay lit, and then you blew them all out. What would happen?
CHESTER: Well, it couldn't happen. Unless you blew them all out.
- (slang) Contraction of what are you.
- Whaddya doing?
See also
- whadja
- whatcha