Hawk tuah
| Origin/etymology | June 2024 vox pop YouTube interview with a young American woman in the Broadway district of Nashville, Tennessee; onomatopoeic catchphrase |
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| Meaning | The sound of spitting on a penis as a form of fellatio |
| Context | “What’s one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time?” “You gotta give ‘em that ‘hawk tuah’ and spit on that thang” |
 Interview with Haliey Welch, by Tim & Dee TV, published June 24, 2024. |
Hawk tuah (/ˌhɔːk 
listen) HAWK TOO-ə)[lower-alpha 1] is an internet meme originating from a viral YouTube video posted in 2024. During a vox pop street interview in Nashville, Tennessee, Haliey Welch used the catchphrase hawk tuah, an onomatopoeia for spitting or expectoration on a penis as a form of oral sex, specifically fellatio.
History
On June 11, 2024, a vox pop YouTube channel, Tim & Dee TV owned by Tim Dickerson and DeArius Marlow, released a video featuring an interview with Haliey Welch in the Broadway district of Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[2] Welch and another woman approached Dickerson and Marlow and asked to be interviewed.[2][3] The interview began with what Dickerson and Marlow considered tamer questions, such as, "What makes you wifey material?"[2][3] Eventually, Dickerson and Marlow stated, Welch encouraged Marlow to "spice up the questions".[2][3] Marlow responded by asking, "What's one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time?" Welch's reply, in a strong Southern accent was, "You gotta give 'em that 'hawk tuah' and spit on that thang", referring to spitting on someone's penis as a form of fellatio, for lubricatory purposes.[4][5]
Popularity
The next day, Marlow uploaded the clip to TikTok and almost immediately other accounts across social media began reposting the video after scrubbing off the "Tim and Dee TV" watermark.[2] Dickerson and Marlow estimated that they filed at least fifty copyright claims in the days after they first published the clip.[2] The original video had gone viral, receiving millions of views across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, spawning remixes and remakes of the original audio, and gaining Welch the nickname Hawk Tuah Girl.[6] The video and the phrase turned into a meme.[7] Welch, who had been a minimum-wage worker at a factory, subsequently created an Instagram account and gained a sizable social media followership and media attention.[8] She also founded a company under which she registered various trademarks, gained representation by an agent,[7] and began selling merchandise themed on the phrase and making paid appearances.[8] On August 15, 2024, she threw the ceremonial first pitch of a New York Mets game,[9] and launched a podcast, Talk Tuah, under the Betr media company co-founded by Jake Paul.[10] Dickerson and Marlow indicated they were happy for Welch but were upset for not receiving credit for Welch's fame.[2]
See also
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Look up hawk tuah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Notes
- ↑ While the meme is usually pronounced /ˌhɔːk
ˈtuːə/, the actual noise Welch made is better represented as a narrow phonetic transcription by en.[1][better source needed]
References
- ↑ Aleksic, Adam (October 3, 2024). This is still funny #linguistics #language #phonology #hawktuah – via YouTube.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Bernstein, Joseph (July 3, 2024). "The Guys Behind 'Hawk Tuah Girl' Would Like a Little Credit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bernstein, Jonathan (2024-07-04). "The Men Who Filmed 'Hawk Tuah' Think They Should Be Famous, Too". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ↑ Abad-Santos, Alex (2024-06-28). "Hawk Tuah Girl, explained by straight dudes". Vox. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ↑ Murphy, Chris (July 3, 2024). "The Hawk Tuah Girl: Everything You Need (and Absolutely Don't Need) to Know". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on July 5, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lee, Cosine (June 28, 2024). "Who's the 'hawk tuah' girl Howard Stern calls 'every father's worst nightmare'?". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ellwood, Mark (11 July 2024). "'Hawk Tuah Girl' found a familiar path to viral fame. What happens now?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 16, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Colyar, Brock (18 July 2024). "Hawk Tuah Takes Long Island". The Cut. Archived from the original on September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Blistein, Jon (2024-08-16). "Hawk Tuah Girl's First Pitch at a Mets Game Got Everyone Unnecessarily Mad". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gajewski, Ryan (September 3, 2024). "Hawk Tuah Girl Haliey Welch to Launch Podcast 'Talk Tuah' From Jake Paul's Media Company". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024. Unknown parameter
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