This term has almost the exact same meaning as Haffull where you are describing
something that can be perceived in more than one way or has a dichotomy, or is not an extreme of positive or negative but midway negative (Haffway is midway positive). It can be a more biting term than Haffull or imply
irony. Sometimes it's implying that something is so
bad it's enjoyable or is a guilty pleasure.
Hawfull is a term that sort of expresses a self-awareness in what you're criticizing. Sometimes hawfull is used to imply that the sayer knows what they're describing is not
bad but it's
bad to them, or that others think what they're describing is
bad but the sayer finds it more neutral or sees redeeming qualities. It can also be self-criticism admitting they know what they
like is
bad.
The term is a cousin to "Haffull". Both terms originate in Michigan. Both terms were originally invented to describe weather phenomena. Due to the state being surrounded by the great lakes sudden small bursts of weather is
common. Someone one mile away can have very different weather, and then an hour later the weather is different again. Both terms come from "the class half full".
"The weather is too hawfull today for doing things outside."
1: "Have you seen cats?"
2: "Isn't it Hawfull?"
1: "I
love a good hawfull movie"
1: "Let's have a hawfull dinner tonight, I'm tired."
2: "
Mcdonalds sounds good."
"Reality TV is my hawfull watch."
1: "That ride is really haffull"
2: "Do you mean more hawfull or haffull?"
1: "Hawfull."
1: "The
tea was very haffull."
2: "Hawfull?"
3: "No, haffull. It had very different flavors that sort of just existed together rather than fuse into a new flavor."
(Pronounced
like "Awfull" but with a strong breathy "HHH" sound in front of it." Usually,
people emphasize this h sound as a creative audible expression that though they're saying something critical the air of the conversation is light-hearted).
