Definitions

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  • phrase eye dialect, informal What you; what do you; what are you (mostly in questions).

Etymologies

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what +‎ you

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Examples

  • Whenever Arnold was incredulous at something his brother had said, he would employ the catchphrase the AP referenced in the headline (though the Internet Movie Database spells it "whatchoo" rather than "what you").

    Ethnic Etiquette 2009

  • By the way, the Kindle edition of KALI'S BLADE is priced at $0.99 a 94% discount! because we at Meritage Press are still at the experimental stage on these ebooks....but, if you do have ebook capacity, that makes it one of the all-time bargains out there...so: Go on--whatchoo waiting for?

    PROFITING OFF POEMS...BY CHANGING POEMS? 2010

  • By the way, the Kindle edition of KALI'S BLADE is priced at $0.99 a 94% discount! because we at Meritage Press are still at the experimental stage on these ebooks....but, if you do have ebook capacity, that makes it one of the all-time bargains out there...so: Go on--whatchoo waiting for?

    Archive 2010-01-01 2010

  • And Mary Elizabeth Winstead is way cute, whatchoo talkin' bout, crumb?

    First Official Photo (Sort Of) from Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim « FirstShowing.net 2009

  • Farm manager gave me a weird whatchoo-talkin'bout-Willis look and said "Put the call back to my desk."

    haloaskew Diary Entry haloaskew 2006

  • This is rapidly developing into a bad boys, bad boys, whatchoo gonna do? moment.

    haloaskew Diary Entry haloaskew 2003

  • Got online (as you do) and Steven says (as he does) "whatchoo doin lass?" and I ses "nuthin" and he ses "I be's gonna watch sum videos, come round" SO I did.

    phelicity Diary Entry phelicity 2000

  • (Kill Rock Stars), is still available as a pay-whatchoo-want download on their Web site.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Another diff'rence 'tween gals an 'fellers is, gals got whatchoo calls "jugs" whiles th' fellers only gots th 'ONE jug-if they's lucky!

    The Comics Curmudgeon 2009

  • CAK serves up a "whatchoo talkin ''bout, Willis?" face:

    Too Disgusting to Contemplate, Too Compelling to Ignore 2009

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