howzit

[ hou-zit ]

interjection

, Informal.

1. how are you (used as a greeting).

howzit

/ ˈhaʊzɪt /

sentence substitute

1. an informal word for hello

Word History and Origins

Origin of howzit¹

First recorded in 1915–20; contraction of how's it, as in how's it going

Word History and Origins

Origin of howzit¹

C20: from the phrase how is it?

Example Sentences

“The thing that used to go with shaka is ‘howzit.’

From Los Angeles Times

Along with shaka, howzit is a Hawaiian slang term for “how’s it going.”

From Los Angeles Times

“The thing that used to go with shaka is ‘howzit.’

From Los Angeles Times

Along with shaka, howzit is a Hawaiian slang term for “how’s it going.”

From Los Angeles Times

Their conversation is rendered via a text-to-speech engine that strips away both personality and cultural specificity; the artist’s “Howzit?” — a common South African greeting — sounds clanging when the software voices it in white-boy Americanese.

From New York Times