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21 Slang Words You Should Know Before Visiting Hawaii (Function 1)

NEENZ tweeted most the 21 slang words you should know before visiting Canada and asked for a Hawaii version. Sure!  So hither is my list of 21 slang words you should know before visiting Hawaii (at least role 1 of the list).

Note: Hawaii slang is by and large based on the long continuing Pidgin English language, well covered in Pidgin to Da Max. This list ain't going up against this classic, only instead is my interpretation weaved in with familiar faces. 🙂

Basics

lua – bathroom. Later on flying for hours over the Pacific Ocean, one of your first stops will proably be the lua. Kane is for the men and wahine is for the ladies.

howzit – the all around Hawaiian-style greeting request in easy going brusque form, "How is everything going?"

shaka – the universal hand gesture of Hawaii that can exist used as a grade of thank you, a greeting, or a good bye. LA Laker Kobe Bryant demonstrates the shaka.

While driving in Hawaii, If you ever brand a mistake and inadvertently cut someone off, be sure to immediately sign the shaka as an apology. I telephone call this the "shakalogy."

shark bait – the stark white skin tourists like to tan while visiting the 50th country.  Why "shark allurement?" Considering in the ocean, sharks detect that white skin so visually yummy.  Be sure to slather on that SP50 sunscreen fifty-fifty on your ears and height of your feet.

haole – a white person but not necessarily derogatory or demeaning, but a fact. Chris Pirillo is a haole who typifies shark allurement.

Culture

ohana – your family, can consist of immediate family unit members, extended relatives, and friends. If you want an impromptu gathering of your ohana, just become to any chiliad opening of a new shop similar Target. You're guaranteed to encounter someone from your ohana.

"pocket-size world" – you lot've heard how it'southward a small globe afterward all. Well, living on an island hyper-sensitizes this meaning. With an estimated i.5 degree of separation in Hawaii, it'due south hard to proceed secrets. Somebody knows. Just it'due south besides part of the social fabric of Hawaii that engenders the spirit of aloha.

"where you went grad?" or "what school you went?" – considering information technology's a pocket-sized earth, Hawaii's 1 of the few places where your high school matters. This is one of the commencement questions local people will inquire each other when meeting for the commencement time. Aye, even when at sea on lath a nuclear powered naval aircraft carrier, "where you went grad?" rings true (run into the 5:05 mark).

poho – a waste product of fourth dimension. Trying to proceed secrets from your ohana in Hawaii's pocket-sized earth is poho.

Dining

ono – delicious, scrumptious.

malasada – a doughnut-like pastry with Portuguese origins. Hawaii'due south version of Krispy Kreme style before there was Krispy Kremes.

Zippys – Hawaii's equivalent to (simply more ono than) Denny's. Always serving Hawaii condolement food. Here's a haole eating ono grinds (food) at Zippys.

Continued in Part 2 of 21 Slang Words You Should Know Before Visiting Hawaii.

Source: https://www.pulpconnection.net/2009/09/21-slang-words-you-should-know-before-visiting-hawaii-part-1/

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