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Whaddupdoe 

Whaddupdoe- (what-up-doe) is a colloquial greeting for "what's up though?", "hello", "what's up?" "Peace", "hey".

Some examples of informal colloquialisms can include words (such as "y'all" or "gonna" or "wanna").
Through relaxed speech methods, this terminology originated in the streets of Detroit circa late 70's, early 80's.

Whaddupdoe can also be used in both exclamatory and interrogative forms.

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Person A just pulled up on the block and greets Person B by saying "what up cuz?"(another formal Detroit greeting).
Person B and replies back by saying "whaddupdoe!"
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Whaddupdoe? 

Whaddupdoe- interj. v. (whad-up-dough) is a colloquial greeting for "what's up though?", "hello", "what's up?" "Peace!", "hey!".

Through relaxed speech methods, this terminology originated in the streets of Detroit circa late 70's, early 80's.

Whaddupdoe can also be used in both exclamatory and interrogative forms.

Let's create a scenario...
Person A- Whaddupdoe Cuzzo?!? (another formal Detroit greeting).

Person B and replies back by saying "Whaddupdoe?"
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Whaddup doe

another way of saying what's up, typically used in the Detroit area.
Hey, when you see him, tell him I said "Whaddup doe!"
Whaddup doe by wildfire98 April 6, 2010

Whatupdoe 

a word used in Detroit and surrounding areas.it's a greeting that Detroiters use to say what's happening.
Whutupdoe nigga? Nothin much what up wit you?
Whatupdoe by Imperial313 October 26, 2004

whudupdoe 

It virtually means: what's going on, how are you doing, what's happening, etc...it is a saying that is Born, Bred and Said by most Detroit Natives.(may also be spelled, "What Up Doe")
The man walked into the store and as he passed a young man that was leaving out and he said to him, Whudupdoe? The young man said the same in return. A simple greeting of affection and acknowledgment of people you pass, meet or greet!
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
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