woadie

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UK/ˈwoʊ.di/US/ˈwəʊ.di/

noun

A trusted friend; a dawg.

“Of course I'll tuck you into bed bro, you're my woadie.”

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounwoadie (plural woadies)

plural woadies · alternative whoadie · alternative whodie · alternative wodie

  1. slangAfrican-American VernacularA trusted friend; a dawg.

    Of course I'll tuck you into bed bro, you're my woadie.

    5 more examples

    Pass the weed woadie, don't be hoggin' the weed and shit

    1996, “Weed Fiends”performed by Lokee ft. Magnolia Slim

    Your daddy, half in the bag, starts callin' Arlie and his whoadies a bunch of punks. 'Dumb as ducks,' he says, I remember that.

    2003, David Corbett, Done for a Dime, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 235

    Make sure them woadies is gone, then text me. Me and homegirl be inside checking out a black mermaid exhibit.

    2013, Kwame Alexander, He Said, She Said, New York, N.Y.: Amistad, →ISBN, page 273

    Word? Let me holla at my whodies, and let them know I'm 'bout to go M.L.A. Then I'll hit you when I'm on my way.

    2015, Raynesha Pittman, “Cognac: Straight, No Ice”, in The TurnOut Queens: The Anthology, Artist Revolt Publications, →ISBN, page 208

    I was such a daddy's girl. I couldn't stand being away from my wodie for so long without speaking to him for so long.

    2018, RAE, Torn: Aphrodite & Messiah's Dilemma, Major Key Publishing, →ISBN, page 139

    Synonyms: babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, buddy, butty

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Uncertain. Most likely a pronunciation spelling of wardie (“someone from one's own ward”), in reference to the wards of New Orleans. Green's Dictionary of Slang tentatively suggests a derivation from hoodie.

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APA

woadie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woadie

MLA

“woadie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woadie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woadie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woadie.

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