Getch’all
An expression used in Texas, primarily in Houston and surrounding cities on the Third Coast. The meaning changes with the tone of your voice, where emphasis is put in the pronunciation, or other words used alongside it.
Synonymous with: “Got y’all,” “Got ya all,” “Gotcha all,” or “Got you all”
Synonymous with: “Got y’all,” “Got ya all,” “Gotcha all,” or “Got you all”
To understand:
“Oh—I getch’all.” (pronounced: get-CHALL)
To demand:
“Gitch’all ass back in here and clean up this mess y’all left.” (pronounced: GIT-CHALL)
To make someone act, feel, or say something:
“Dang, I didn’t mean to getch’all in ya feelings.” (pronounced: get-CHALL)
To receive something positive:
“Y’all been good in the store, so Imma getch’all each a toy.” (pronounced: get-YALL)
To receive something negative:
“Y’all bet not cut up in this store unless y’all wanna gitch’all an ass whoopin’ in front of everybody.” (pronounced: GIT-CHALL. Note: This is normally whispered through clenched teeth while holding onto the shirt of the person with whom they’re speaking.)
To respond to negativity with hurt or anger:
“We didn’t invite you to the bachelorette party because you get too drunk and then act a fool.”
“Oh really, it’s like that now? Okay, I gotch’all.” (pronounced: got-CHALL)
To purchase something for another individual or a group:
“We can’t eat out for the rest of the week ‘cuz we spent too much this weekend.”
“Nah, let’s go head on; I gotch’all.” (pronounced: got-CHALL)
To do, say, or be something that leads to another person doing, saying, or becoming something:
“These doggish men gotch’all out here shakin’ like a red nose, lookin’ like a whole ass clown.” (pronounced: got-CHA-all)
“Oh—I getch’all.” (pronounced: get-CHALL)
To demand:
“Gitch’all ass back in here and clean up this mess y’all left.” (pronounced: GIT-CHALL)
To make someone act, feel, or say something:
“Dang, I didn’t mean to getch’all in ya feelings.” (pronounced: get-CHALL)
To receive something positive:
“Y’all been good in the store, so Imma getch’all each a toy.” (pronounced: get-YALL)
To receive something negative:
“Y’all bet not cut up in this store unless y’all wanna gitch’all an ass whoopin’ in front of everybody.” (pronounced: GIT-CHALL. Note: This is normally whispered through clenched teeth while holding onto the shirt of the person with whom they’re speaking.)
To respond to negativity with hurt or anger:
“We didn’t invite you to the bachelorette party because you get too drunk and then act a fool.”
“Oh really, it’s like that now? Okay, I gotch’all.” (pronounced: got-CHALL)
To purchase something for another individual or a group:
“We can’t eat out for the rest of the week ‘cuz we spent too much this weekend.”
“Nah, let’s go head on; I gotch’all.” (pronounced: got-CHALL)
To do, say, or be something that leads to another person doing, saying, or becoming something:
“These doggish men gotch’all out here shakin’ like a red nose, lookin’ like a whole ass clown.” (pronounced: got-CHA-all)
