phrase Street Slang

what it do

· phrase · texas

Houston-flavoured 'what's up?' — the city's signature greeting.

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The classic H-Town hello. Means 'what's up?' or 'what's going on?' Paul Wall hammered it into the culture with 'What it do, it's Paul Wall, I'm the People's Champ.' Often stretched to 'what it dew' in the slow-drag Houston drawl.

“What it do, playa — y'all rollin' to the candy show tonight?”
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what it do In A Sentence

What it do, playa — y'all rollin' to the candy show tonight?

Origin & Usage

Houston greeting popularised in the early-2000s Screwed Up Click era; Paul Wall's catchphrase and the 'What It Dew' mixtape series cemented it.

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