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'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
person a: 'hello!'

person b: 'wotcha!'
wotcha by ukukukukuk March 30, 2009
Short for "What you", or more specifically, "What ya"
Wotcha doin' this Sunday?
wotcha by peteac August 6, 2007
slang term for "watch yourself" or "watch out"
wotcha! you almost hit that car!
wotcha by fai1788 February 6, 2009

Witchakia 

A word made by YouTuber bigjigglypanda and popularized by vanoss crew the word is a saying for good luck
Vanoss: uh I can’t get this hole in golf
Panda: just say “witchakia” it always works
Witchakia by Vorrupted May 31, 2021
Now ima be honest witcha…
1. exc. watch out (presumably for some inadvertent calamity) 2. exc. watch (yourself) 3. exc. to indicate something unique or beautiful that needs attention drawn to it.
1. "Watchale! There's a big pile 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."
watchale by Richard Ziegelmann December 12, 2008
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
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