A fork of Rural Dictionary
A non-derogatory term meaning white person. Often used in Hawaii.
The howly and I used to play racquetball together when we were in our fifties.
Continental US spelling of a Hawaiian surf-slang word meaning "wannabe"
You can't be in our gang just cuz you dress like us, you HOWLY.
Term used by locals in the state of Hawaii (usually not with a scrap of Hawaiian ancestry, usually Fillipino or darker-skinned) to refer to white people who moved to the state/island from the mainland. It may or may not be meant as an insult. Depends on how it's used, by who, and to who.
I'm a white girl who moved from the east coast to Hawaii. I'm a howlie. Most 'natives' or locals say howlie to make white people feel bad or guilty or intimidated to be on 'their' land Most people with Hawaiian decent are really cool and not all use the term Howlie on the whites. Is your called a Howlie....just ignore it.