"Pidgin Words & Phrases" a Kauai Travel Page by spitball

Hawaiian pidgin is fun to listen to. It's like ear candy. It is colorful, rhythmic and sways in the wind. Below is a list of some of the words and phrases you might hear on your visit. It's tempting to read some of these and try to use them. If you do, the odds are you will simply look foolish. These words and phrases are used in certain ways and with certain inflections. People who have spent years living in the islands still feel uncomfortable using them.
Thick pidgin can be incomprehensible to the untrained ear (that's the idea)
If you are someplace and hear two people engaged in a discussion in pidgin, stop and eavesdrop for a bit. You won't forget it.

An'den ---- And then? So?
Any kine ---- Anything: any kind.
Ass right ---- That's right.
Ass wy ---- That's why.
Beef ---- Fight.
Brah ---- Bruddah; friend; brother
Brok' da mouf -- Delicious.
Buggah ----- That's the one; it is difficult.
Bus laugh ----- To laugh out loud.
Bus nose ----- How one reacts to a bad smell.
Chicken skin kine -- Something that gives you goose bumps
Choke ----- A lot.
Cockaroach --- Steal; rip off.
Da kine ----- A noun or verb used in place of whatever the speaker wishes. Heard constantly.
Fo days ----- Plenty; "He got hair fo days."
Geevum ----- Go for it! Give 'em hell!
Grind ----- To eat.
Grinds ----- Food.
Hold ass ----- A close call when driving your new car.
How you figga? How do you figure that? It makes no sense.
Howzit? ----- How is it going? How are you? Also, Howzit o wot?
I owe you money or wot? What to say when someone is staring at you.
Make house -- Make yourself at home.
Make plate ---- Grab some food.
Mek ass ------ Make a fool of yourself.
Mo' bettah ----- This is better.
Moke ----- A large, tough local male. (don't say unless you like beef)
No can ------ Cannot; I cannot do it.
No make lidat -- Stop doing that.
No, yeah? ------ No, or is "no" correct?
'Okole squeezer - Something that suddenly frightens you ('okole meaning ass)
O wot? -------- Or what?
Pau Hana ------- Quit work. (A time of daily, intense celebration in the islands.)
Poi dog -------- A mutt.
Shahkbait ------- Shark bait, meaning pale, untanned people.
Shaka ------- Great! All right!
Shredding ------ Riding a gnarly wave.
Sleepahs ------- Flip flops, thongs, zoris.
Stink eye -------- Dirty looks; facial expression denoting displeasure.
Suck rocks ------- Buzz off, or pound sand.
Talk stink -------- Speak bad about somebody.
Talk story -------- Shooting the breeze; to rap.
Tanks eh? -------- Thank you.
Tita -------- Female moke. (same beef results.)
Yeah? -------- Used at the end of sentences.