North-Eastern, or Geordie, slang meaning 'come on', 'hurry up' and so on. Voice intonation specifies the exact definition, often not understood by anyone outside of the Newcastle area and thus causes much confusion for non-natives.

'Howay man!'
'Howay, we're gonna be late'

howay by Mary January 14, 2005

Related Words

htway • huway • howay • HTWA • Hway • Hawaye • hawayi • Hawayri • hawayu • hiway

Howaya

A cullmination of the words 'how are you'.

Hey, Mr. Iguana, Howaya?

Howaya by 3Li November 26, 2003

howay

English north east slang for "come on"

Howay son, you're holding us up

howay by paul June 16, 2004

haway

/'ha wa/ Used by 'mackems' or people originating from the Sunderland area (North East England), similar meaning and use to the geordie 'howay'. Meaning 'come on' can be used either in the sense of travelling somewhere, or more commonly used at football matches as an expression to get your team to perform harder.

haway man, we're late

or

haway! we're 2-0 down!

haway by mattclayb May 2, 2006

Htay

Htay is a person who is sexy and amazing at everything. She is the kindest and most empathic person you'll ever meet. If you are her friends or loved one, keep her close. Her friends are the reason she stays happy so remember that if she makes a mistake, she will own up to it.

Person: Who's that person over that? They are hot
Person2: That's Htay

Htay by HEHEpoopee September 10, 2020

Howay man

Expression of refrain or encouragement in GDPUK web discussions. Popular in the nort eastern regions of england.

Howay man! Audoen's talkin shite again.

Howay man by nigel Edwards June 11, 2006

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026