Where does the slang word What what come from?

What what is a slang term from Uganda. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in Uganda and across Africa.

What what

Q: What are other meanings of What what?

What what can also mean: A filler phrase in Ugandan English used like “…and all that stuff” or “yada yada.”

🇺🇬 Uganda Slang

Added Jul 17, 2025 · 2 definitions

TOP DEFINITION

What what definition 1

Etcetera, filler phrase when listing things (Ugandan English).

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025

DEFINITION 2

What what definition 2

A filler phrase in Ugandan English used like “…and all that stuff” or “yada yada.”

"“Bano abayaye ba Kampala bala bibanda, what what…”"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 27, 2025

Word Details

Country: 🇺🇬 Uganda
Definitions: 2 community definitions
Added: July 2025

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