Howay

Howay
A Middlesbrough, England resident, usually working class.
In most of England, working-class parents shout Get here! at their children.
In Middlesbrough it's Howay! - a cry which can usually be heard somewhere at any given time in Middlesbrough town centre.

Did you meet Robert's new girlfriend? She's a right Howay!


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