Entry · catalog no. 9454
wodie
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noun · New Orleans, Louisiana · 2026
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A friend, partner, or fellow — someone from your own corner of the world. A New Orleans way of saying homie.
“What's happening, wodie? Long time.”
Origin & Attribution
New Orleans vernacular, most likely a pronunciation of "wardie" — someone from your own ward of the city. It spread beyond the city through New Orleans rap, from the Cash Money era onward.
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
The South
New Orleans, Louisiana · 2026
Spoken by
New Orleans, Louisiana
$WODIEThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Rising0 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
12/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2026
in the culture
Recorded here
2026
point of first record
Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.
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Citations & Sources
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The Right Rhymes Hip-Hop Dictionary, "wodie" — dictionary
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+ Cite a sourceCash Money-era New Orleans rap — corpus
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