pidgin for cheap, rubber
thong sandals (rubber slippers). every hawaiian local knows
101 ways to fix their broken slippah:
50 with tape,
50 with glue, and 50 with a stick to poke the strap back in the hole. every hawaiian local owns 2 or more pairs. at least one of them is "dah bus' up kine" and the others are "dah ok kine"
rubbah slippahs were brought to hawaii as a cheap way for the japanese and filipino plantation workers to have shoes.
1) Ey braddah, my rubbah slippahs wen' go bus' up. han' me dat steeke.
2)
Brah! don' tell me u try wear dah bus' up kine slippah to jur cuz's wedding! put on dah
good kine fo' dat
brah!