whatdja

English

Contraction

whatdja

  1. Alternative form of whadja.
    • 1969, Modern Age: A Quarterly Review, volume 13, Chicago, Ill.: Foundation for Foreign Affairs, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 183, column 2:
      “Yeah! Whatdja do to him?” Pete was hopping with the thrill of anticipation. / “We was standing by this rack full of pots, see, and I grabbed him by the neck and shoved him into the pots and said, ‘Lissen , you crummy bastard. Ain’t nobody tells me what to do.’ […]”
    • 1971, Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey, Grease: A New ’50’s Rock ’n’ Roll Musical: Book, Music, and Lyrics, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, published 1972, →ISBN, act I, scene 2, page 14:
      marty / Hey, French, whatdja do to your hair? It really looks tough. / frenchy / Ah, I just touched it up a little.
    • 1990, Press Woman, volumes 53–54, Blue Springs, Mo.: National Federation of Press Women, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      However, I didn’t want a transformation so drastic that casual acquaintances would scream across the parking lot at Bob’s, “Hey, whatdja do to your hair?”
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