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what's gwan

what's gwan is the alternative form of wagwan.

Meaning of wagwan

Interjection

  1. (Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, slang) A greeting, equivalent to what's up or what's happening.
    • Roll deep in a blacked out Bentley,
      Pull up outside like, "Wagwan, sexy?"2015, “Shutdown”, in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta

Questions about what's gwan

What is what's gwan the alternative form of?
What's gwan is the alternative form of wagwan.

Words near what's gwan in the dictionary

  1. what's eating
  2. what's eating you
  3. what's going on
  4. what's good
  5. what's good for the goose is good for the gander
  6. what's gwan
  7. what's happening
  8. what's in a name
  9. what's in it for me
  10. what's in the bag
  11. what's it to you

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