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wesh

A casual 'hey' or 'yo', or an exclamation like 'what?!'.

Wesh, t'es où? (Yo, where are you?)

For parents and educators

Harmless. Radio-Canada reported it spreading in Québec high schools through French influencers.

Where it came from

From Maghrebi Arabic, came through French rap and French YouTubers into Québec schools.

Also heard as

wsh, wesh frérot

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