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Awe 'noun' (pronounced Ah-Weh) is one of the most commonly used slang terms most spoken in Cape Town, South Africa and the most used slang word across all races in the country.

It's versatility as a word is what makes it so common. It's generally used as a greeting, but can also be used as an exclamation of agreement or excitement.

The actual origin of this word has not yet been recorded.

As a greeting:

Joe: Tony, watsup?
Tony: Awe!

As an exclamation of agreement:

Joe: Isn't that Stacy's Mom?
Tony: Awe!

As an exclamation of excitement:

Joe: Hey, Tony, guess who's got 500gb of porn.

Tony: Awe!

awe-ness
noun:

deep feelings of astonished wonderment.

The aweness of being is sometimes more than we can emotionalize.

A South African greeting used by teens and young adults

Awe dude, what's up?

sometimes can be used as saying hey to your homies without saying hey because it can be looked at as gay.
mainly used in South African slang

Awe bro, you good?
I already said greeted him I was like "Awe'

A combination of the word AWESOME and AWE-INSPIRING. Used more commonly as an adjective in descriptions of large and grand places or things. More powerful a description that awes.

"I went to Vegas for the first time last weekend. The club-scene was aweing!"

Man 1- "Wow. The Grand Canyon is totally incredible."

Man 2- "Yea, It's totally aweing."

The moment of being without words.

"640 pounds reverse shrugs. Four sets ten reps had them muthafuckas in AWE"

Verb- To swoon over something particularly adorable; affectionate bleating.

Don't mind me, I'm just awwing at the picture of that baby hedgehog.