"aboutchu" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /əˈbaʊt͡ʃu/
enPR: əʹboucho͞o Rhymes: -aʊtʃu Etymology: From about + -chu. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|about|chu}} about + -chu Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} aboutchu, {{en-cont}} aboutchu
  1. (informal) about you Tags: contraction, informal
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "about",
        "3": "chu"
      },
      "expansion": "about + -chu",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From about + -chu.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "contraction",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "aboutchu",
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "aboutchu",
      "name": "en-cont"
    }
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  "pos": "contraction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "English terms suffixed with -chu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1924, Colin Clements, Plays for Pagans:",
          "text": "An' that's what I like aboutchu… y' have a way of understandin' things.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Zac A. Cook, Jeff Cook, An End to the Rope, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 105:",
          "text": "I love him. He's my man. He takes care of me lots a ways. What aboutchu? You married or whatever?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, LaViza Lockwood, Brittle Never Broken, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:",
          "text": "That song really aboutchu Fran! They just changed the name.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about you"
      ],
      "id": "en-aboutchu-en-contraction-wvVeAyXF",
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) about you"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "contraction",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "əʹboucho͞o"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbaʊt͡ʃu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊtʃu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aboutchu"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "about",
        "3": "chu"
      },
      "expansion": "about + -chu",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From about + -chu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "contraction",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "aboutchu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "aboutchu",
      "name": "en-cont"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "contraction",
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        "English contractions",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English non-lemma forms",
        "English terms suffixed with -chu",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/aʊtʃu",
        "Rhymes:English/aʊtʃu/3 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1924, Colin Clements, Plays for Pagans:",
          "text": "An' that's what I like aboutchu… y' have a way of understandin' things.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Zac A. Cook, Jeff Cook, An End to the Rope, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 105:",
          "text": "I love him. He's my man. He takes care of me lots a ways. What aboutchu? You married or whatever?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, LaViza Lockwood, Brittle Never Broken, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:",
          "text": "That song really aboutchu Fran! They just changed the name.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about you"
      ],
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        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
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          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) about you"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "contraction",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "əʹboucho͞o"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbaʊt͡ʃu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊtʃu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aboutchu"
}

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