hapa

My experience? Ask ten language experts the same question and you'll get at least five answers.... But, here are my two cents.

Others are correct by posting that the word, "hapa", is only the first part of the original, "hapa haole" -- a term that is mostly misunderstood and subsequently, mistranslated.

Firstly, "hapa" is not a Hawaiian word; it is the Hawaiian pronunciation of the English word, "half". There are only a few consonants in the Hawaiian language and they do not include "f." Secondly, the word, "haole (which is a Hawaiian word)" translates to "foreign" -- not necessarily "Caucasian". If one were to be called, "hafu gaijin" in Japan that would carry an almost identical meaning: "half-foreign". Yes, language evolves and meanings change but -- strictly speaking -- anyone who is not Hawaiian is "haole". Even Asians.

"I'm hapa."

"Really? Where's the rest of you?"

by 7Tigers January 15, 2016

hapara

when your teacher uses a program to spy on your google chrome tabs

Yo, Mr. xxx just hapara'd me!!!

nooooo, he closed my tab! I just hit my high score

by kammaw_awesome December 20, 2017

HÄAGEN-DON'T

Not buying HÄAGEN-DAZS ice cream in Singapore because it's too expensive.

Yo that ice cream cake is balls expensive. HÄAGEN-DON'T that shit!

by iMac18078 January 22, 2009

hapgry

being happy and angry at the same time, ie having mixed emotions.

I got a job, but my friend is spreading false rumors about me I am happy and angry the same time, damn I must be hapgry

by autistic nerd 1991 March 11, 2015

haagen dazs

icecream with the most fascinating name of all time, and all people from scandanavia should be renamed with this title.

me: hey guy from sweden, why isn't your name haagen dazs?

guy from sweden: you dumb fuck. please die

by jar of idiot October 16, 2008

hapaholic

ha⋅pa⋅hol⋅ic  (haw-puh-haw-lik, -hol-ik) noun - A person obsessed with, addicted to, or highly attracted to people of mixed racial heritage: mainly part Asian/Pacific Islander and part Caucasian. See the definition of "hapa" for further clarification.

Stu: Shannyn Sossamon, Kristin Kreuk, and Stacy Kamano are SOOOO HOT!!!

Sally: I'd love to have Keanu Reeves' or Dean Cain's babies!

Stu: We're totally hapaholics.

by UO_bali January 13, 2010

hapanese

Hapa referring to half (in Hawaiian), hapa can be used for saying ur part something in an ethnic group.
Eg: hapa haole is half white.
Hapanese is used in terms of referring to a half japanese.
hapa+japanese = hapanese

'Olivia is hapanese'

by a1mi October 3, 2006