English Slang for "What's up?"

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods

'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

Short for "What you", or more specifically, "What ya"

slang term for "watch yourself" or "watch out"