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where y'at 

Its a slang greeting in New Orleans. When you meet someone in the street they will say that. Then you reply with the key phrase what it is. If you respond wrong, the initiator will know you are not local.
person 1: where y'at?
person 2: what it is.
where y'at by Dr. Pighbear February 22, 2007
Word of the Day on February 20, 2007

where y'at 

1. New Orleans slang to discover where someone is geographically located
2. New Orleans slang to politely ask how things have been going for a person in general
Person 1: Where y'at, Rodney?
Person 2: I just started working at Mandina's again, and my house is almost finished.
where y'at by Red Shoes December 14, 2008

where y'at 

1. New Orleans slang to discover where someone is geographically located
2. New Orleans slang to politely ask how things have been going for a person in general
Person 1: Where y'at, Rodney?
Person 2: I just started working at Mandina's again, and my house is almost finished.
where y'at by Red Shoes February 23, 2007

Whereyat 

This is a traditional greeting originating in, and mostly heard in, the city of New Orleans. This expression arose decades ago among the large community of itinerant musicians ever passing through and sometimes settling in the New Orleans French Quarter. When one musician would pass another on the street, they'd often stop briefly and each would inquire as to where (in which music bar?) the other was currently playing. Thus, the question, "where are you at?" just means 'where are you playing?'. The phrase got contracted to 'Whereyat?' and became the same as saying 'Hi'.
"Whereyat, man - how's it goin'?'"
Whereyat by Chipsteroonie September 26, 2009
New orleans contraction for where are you at, meaning where is your head at or where you going or where are you or sompin
phone rings; you pick it up.
"whereyat?"
"here but "yanomgoin" out soon."
whereyat? by germinate March 16, 2005

Whereyat 

When asking an individual his/her location
Hey riley, whereyat?
Whereyat by Meatychungus March 16, 2019
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