whatta

1. abbreviationcolloquialcontractionContraction of what + a.

   Whatta woman! Whatta system! They're making the father and child pay, which I guess is right?!

   2006 March 18, Mike, “Two types of women”, in alt.support.divorce (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

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   If I read this correctly, Pop Clifton graduated from high school at the age of 15. Awesome. Probably took a cheerleader to the prom. Whatta stud

   1993 December 13, vandezande@inland.com [Joe V.], “Announcement”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

   Mike, you're my hero. […] Listen to this guy, folks, he's one of the good ones. All together now! "Whatta guy, whatta guy, whatta guy, whatta guy, whatta guy, whatta guy, whatta guy, whatta guy..."

   1999 August 5, Filet O'Fish, “Vellocette Opinions?”, in alt.guitar.amps (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

plural whattas

1. archaichistoricalA scaffold used by the Tahitians for animal sacrifices.

   Not only the whattas or offering-places of the morais are commonly loaded with fruits and animals, but there are few houses lacking a small place of the same sort.

   1906, Nicholas Senn, Tahiti: The Island Paradise, page 110

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   Small offerings of fruit and roots seemed to be daily made at this shrine, as some pieces were quite fresh. These were deposited upon a whatta, or altar, which stood without the pallisades; and within these we were not permitted to enter.

   1784, James Cook, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean