whoadie

n. a casual, familiar form of address for a friend. Also wodie, wody. Subjects: Black English, English, United States, Lousiana, Hip-Hop

Editorial Note: This term appears to originate in the hip-hop scene of New Orleans, La. Etymological Note: < wardie ‘resident of a political ward’

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Citations: 1997 Dane Hoover Usenet: neworleans.general (Nov. 23) “Re: N.O.L.A Slang….....peep it out”: wodie 1997 [Soljah 4life] Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop (Nov. 23) “Re: SOUTH SLANG…...peep it out”: “wodie”-just like dog or bruh….Whazzatnin wodie. [1998 [DT9 Soljah] Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop (Jan. 8) “Re: Regional Slang”: wody(long O).] 2000 Randall C. Navarro Usenet: alt.sport.qzar (Feb. 26) “Re: 2’s Results in Pleasanton…”: My block hot baby my block burn. My block on fire whoadie what about yerz? 2000 UBB Developer’s Network (Dec.) “Spotlight”: A “wodie” is basically a New Orleans slang for “associate” or “homie,” and it’s pronounced WHOA-DEE. 2001 Bryant Gumbel, Alonzo Westbrook CBS News: The Early Show (Feb. 19) “Staying in Step with Slang”: GUMBEL: What about a whoadie. WESTBROOK: A term of familiar address from male to male or female to female. 2004 Yahoo! Finance (June 22) “Cash Money Records Dominates The Radio Airwaves” (in New York): Cash Money introduced a number of words like “bling bling” and “Whaodie” into the hip hop lexicon.

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