A fork of Rural Dictionary
/'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!
Apparently mackem way of spelling 'howay' (Geordie). north east term meaning 'come on'. never in my life have i heard it as a greeting. probably the most common word used in football grounds in the north east, aswell as 'shite'.
HOWAY THE LADS! (St James' Park)/ HAWAY THE LADS! (Stadium of light)
Did you just fucking misspell Hawaii. Buddy, get the fuck off the internet.
Cary: Hew we should go to hawai!
Jozef: Nigga did you just misspell Hawaii?
Raycer: You so fucking stupid Cary!