HOWZIT Definition & Meaning

howzit

[ hou-zit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

Informal.

how are you (used as a greeting).

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sentence substitute

an informal word for hello

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of howzit¹

First recorded in 1915–20; contraction of how's it, as in how's it going

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of howzit¹

C20: from the phrase how is it?

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“The thing that used to go with shaka is ‘howzit.’

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Along with shaka, howzit is a Hawaiian slang term for “how’s it going.”

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Their conversation is rendered via a text-to-speech engine that strips away both personality and cultural specificity; the artist’s “Howzit?” — a common South African greeting — sounds clanging when the software voices it in white-boy Americanese.

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Howzit: A greeting; How are you?

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"Howzit?" demanded Jake the ape.

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