whaddya

English

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whaddya

1. (slang) Contraction of what do you. See what'd and d'ya.

   Whaddya think of my new dress?

   • 1942 September 27, “A Mark Hellinger 'Short Short' Story”, in The Democrat and Chronicle's Sunday Magazine‎^[1], Rochester, N.Y., page 10:

     "Mildred's got five kids?" Frank seemed genuinely startled. "Well, whaddya know! Mildred with five kids!"

   • 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[2], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, 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.

2. (slang) Contraction of what are you.

   Whaddya doing?

See also

• whadja
• whatcha