wotcha
english slang for “what’s up?”
“wotcha mate!”
‘wotcha’ is a greeting
origins: ultimately dates back hundreds of years
it’s a contraction followed by a phonetic spelling of:
“what chere cheer be with you?”, which was a common phrase used as a greeting
chere/cheer meant ‘face’ and thus referred to a person’s expression of their mood
person a: ‘h-llo!’
person b: ‘wotcha!’
short for “what you”, or more specifically, “what ya”
wotcha doin’ this sunday?
slang term for “watch yourself” or “watch out”
wotcha! you almost hit that car!
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