A phrase screamed out loud serving
multiple purposes, coined by a
Venezuelan Jew at the
University of Chicago. Some functions include:
1- to break silence
2- to salute/greet friends
3- to scare a person
4- to cheer when drunk
5- to fill in blanks during conversations.
Scene: Enters apartment and a bunch of people are sitting in the
living room
David: Wakata waaaaa
Scene: Nate is walking
down the street, David comes from the back and gives him a "tatequieto"- side-slap on the neck, proceedingly yells out "Wakata waaa"
Conversational filler:
Nick: Was she hot?
David: Dudee, she was wakata waaaa!!!
Francis: David thinks everyone's hot.
Drunk scene:
Nick: Wakata Waaa
---across the room
David: Wakata waaa