[Ads-l] QOTY Hawk Tuah

[Baker, John]

Actually, “hawk” has been used for this purpose for centuries; the OED has it, in the sense of noisily clearing the throat, from 1581.  But I haven’t seen “tuah” before.


John Baker



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Some of us have observed that this should probably really be "hock
ptui/ptooie", since both onomatopoeic terms have been in use for spitting
sounds for generations at least, but "hawk" and "tuah" have not.


On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 11:03 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com<mailto:amcombill at hotmail.com>> wrote:

> Potential QOTY. Massively exploding meme over the last two weeks.
>
> Haliey Welch being interviewed on TikTok by dmarloww, posted 6/10/2024,
> offers R-rated sex advice:
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> https://www.tiktok.com/@dmarloww/video/7379047990247296287?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc<https://www.tiktok.com/@dmarloww/video/7379047990247296287?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc>
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> "You gotta give ’em that ‘hawk tuah’ and spit on that thang!"
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