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.
A sign of affection between karate families. It is said out of joy, sadness, mourning, sheer hate, and anger. This word makes bonding between people possible. This word is used as a good luck wish before marriages. *WOOHOO WEDDING NIGHT* :D