woadie

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English

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Most likely a pronunciation spelling of wardie (someone from one's own ward), in reference to the wards of New Orleans.[1][2] Green's Dictionary of Slang tentatively suggests a derivation from hoodie.[3]

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Noun

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woadie (plural woadies)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A trusted friend; a dawg.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend
    Of course I'll tuck you into bed bro, you're my woadie.
    • 1996, “Weed Fiends”‎[2]performed by Lokee ft. Magnolia Slim:
      Pass the weed woadie, don't be hoggin' the weed and shit
    • 2003, David Corbett, Done for a Dime, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 235:
      Your daddy, half in the bag, starts callin' Arlie and his whoadies a bunch of punks. 'Dumb as ducks,' he says, I remember that.
    • 2013, Kwame Alexander, He Said, She Said, New York, N.Y.: Amistad, →ISBN, page 273:
      Make sure them woadies is gone, then text me. Me and homegirl be inside checking out a black mermaid exhibit.
    • 2015, Raynesha Pittman, “Cognac: Straight, No Ice”, in The TurnOut Queens: The Anthology, Artist Revolt Publications, →ISBN, page 208:
      Word? Let me holla at my whodies, and let them know I'm 'bout to go M.L.A. Then I'll hit you when I'm on my way.
    • 2018, RAE, Torn: Aphrodite & Messiah's Dilemma, Major Key Publishing, →ISBN, page 139:
      I was such a daddy's girl. I couldn't stand being away from my wodie for so long without speaking to him for so long.
    • 2023 August 4, “Cheese Touch” (track 5, 1:16 from the start), in Bars Mitzva[3], performed by BLP Kosher:
      I let this chopper eat like Joey Chestnut 'cause it's a glizzy / That's my woadie, that's my dreidel, that's my motherfuckin' twizzy

References

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  1. ^ wodie”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.
  2. ^ Grant Barrett (2003 June 28) “whoadie”, in Double-Tongued Dictionary[1], archived from the original on 2014-08-29
  3. ^ whodie n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

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