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Spoken form of the word "you" when following a word ending in the letter "T".
Context : Popular Culture, Relationships, Social Life Category: Slang, Vernacular Semantic: you
When "you" follows a word ending in the letter "t", you sometimes will hear the sound of the "y" become a "ch": what + you = "whatchu". Got + you = "gotchu". Don't + you = "dontchu". To make it more complicated, the final "u" sound is commonly shifted to "a": what + you = "whatcha". Got + you = "gotcha". Don't + you = "dontcha".
So watchu gonna do now?