This is a term used when you are asking somebody what they are up to or what they are doing at the moment. Usually used in the beginning of a sentence, in other words, another way to say whats up.
Yo bro whatchall grippin?
I'm just at the mallshopping with some friends, whatchall grippin later tonight?
1. exc. watch out (presumably for some inadvertent calamity) 2. exc. watch (yourself) 3. exc. to indicate somethingunique or beautiful that needs attention drawn to it.
1. "Watchale! There's a bigpile of dog excrament on the flooor!"
2. "Esmerelda told Vicente 'Watchale!' when Vicente inadvertendly bumped her during P.E. 3a. "Watchale! Look at that man's head explode in DEATH MARCH 7" 3b "Edgar shouted 'Watchale!' to his friends when Mariana walked by."
A word used when the actual name of the object in question will not come to mind. Very versatile but often very vague. It is derived from the phrase "what-you-may-call-it" which can be found in T. H. White's The Once and Future King.
Claire- "Hey, Adam, hand me the- the- you know, the whatchamacallit."