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The word 'da kine' in Hawaiian pidgin is similar. The thing with da kine is that it is never used to refer to something one is not sure about. When someone sa

The word 'da kine' in Hawaiian pidgin is similar. The thing with da kine is that it is never used to refer to something one is not sure about. When someone says to you: "Why didn't you come to Queens with us yesterday, the waves were da kine!", they mean the waves were the kind of waves that I know you like. The author of the article above also wrote: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/da-kine-hawaiian-pidgin https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/da-kine-hawaiian-pidgi... on the subject of 'da kine.'

bitxbitxbitcoin 7y ago
A further use of "kine" that people may have experienced far away from surfer culture is "Kine Bud" which is usually shortened to KB.[1] KB doesn't refer to any specific strain but is instead a bucket term. Bud that is Kine is essentially high grade marijuana without any seeds. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kine%20bud https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kine%20bud
bitwize 7y ago
Speaking of waves, the article also mentions modern usage of "awesome" meaning great or cool rather than terrifying. The crossover of meanings was in surfer culture, where terrifying was great. Surfers sought waves that were awesome (meaning terrifying), radical (meaning severe), or even tubular (meaning they curled over so hard they nearly formed a tube on the water) because those were the most fun to ride. I like that despite sounding silly (especially since the 80s are long behind us), these terms have real meanings and histories. Then again, maybe the connection goes deeper. There are plenty of languages that have words that once meant "terrifying" and now mean "superb"; compare English terrific and Japanese subarashii (whose original meaning was "causes you to shrink (with fright)"). Maybe we just instinctually simultaneously fear power and admire it, and that gets encoded into our speech. Christians are taught both that God is good, and that he should be feared.
ncmncm 7y ago
I grew up in Hawaii. "Da kine" was routinely used for objects, moods, foodstuffs, notions of any kind that the speaker was just too lazy or sophisticated to be bothered about thinking of the name of, or of saying out loud. It was a way of transferring responsibility for communication from the speaker to the listener. As such, using it also asserted authority, whether legitimate or (most commonly) just assumed.

bitxbitxbitcoin 7y ago

A further use of "kine" that people may have experienced far away from surfer culture is "Kine Bud" which is usually shortened to KB.[1] KB doesn't refer to any specific strain but is instead a bucket term. Bud that is Kine is essentially high grade marijuana without any seeds. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kine%20bud https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kine%20bud

bitwize 7y ago

Speaking of waves, the article also mentions modern usage of "awesome" meaning great or cool rather than terrifying. The crossover of meanings was in surfer culture, where terrifying was great. Surfers sought waves that were awesome (meaning terrifying), radical (meaning severe), or even tubular (meaning they curled over so hard they nearly formed a tube on the water) because those were the most fun to ride. I like that despite sounding silly (especially since the 80s are long behind us), these terms have real meanings and histories. Then again, maybe the connection goes deeper. There are plenty of languages that have words that once meant "terrifying" and now mean "superb"; compare English terrific and Japanese subarashii (whose original meaning was "causes you to shrink (with fright)"). Maybe we just instinctually simultaneously fear power and admire it, and that gets encoded into our speech. Christians are taught both that God is good, and that he should be feared.

ncmncm 7y ago

I grew up in Hawaii. "Da kine" was routinely used for objects, moods, foodstuffs, notions of any kind that the speaker was just too lazy or sophisticated to be bothered about thinking of the name of, or of saying out loud. It was a way of transferring responsibility for communication from the speaker to the listener. As such, using it also asserted authority, whether legitimate or (most commonly) just assumed.