# Hawk tuah
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{{Short description|Internet meme and onomatopoeia}}
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{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
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{{Infobox phrase
| title = Hawk tuah
| image = Hawk tuah.png
| caption = The moment Welch imitates the onomatopoeia in the original video
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| alt =
| origin = June 2024 [vox pop](/source/vox_pop) [YouTube](/source/YouTube) interview with a young American woman in the [Broadway](/source/Broadway_(Nashville%2C_Tennessee)) district of [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee); [onomatopoeic](/source/onomatopoeic) [catchphrase](/source/catchphrase)
| meaning = The sound of [spitting](/source/spitting) on a penis as a form of [fellatio](/source/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"
}}
{{External media
| video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7tydu_erZo&t=592s Interview with Haliey Welch], by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9Dxji-LC0jtoknqbwoHFQ ''Tim & Dee TV''], published June 24, 2024.
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{{Listen
| filename =Hawk Tuah audio sample.ogg
| title = “Hawk Tuah Girl Original Video”
| description = Audio clip from the original interview.
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'''''Hawk tuah''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|h|ɔː|k|_|ˈ|t|uː|ə|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hawk tuah.wav}} {{respell|HAWK|_|TOO|ə}}){{efn|While the meme is usually pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˌ|h|ɔː|k|_|ˈ|t|uː|ə|}}, the actual noise Welch made is better represented as a narrow [phonetic transcription](/source/phonetic_transcription) by {{IPA|en|ˌhɔkʰ.ˈtʼʉ̂ʏ̯ɤː|generic=yes|}}.[{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/msSrhYUrY8E |title=This is still funny #linguistics #language #phonology #hawktuah |date=October 3, 2024 |last=Aleksic |first=Adam |author-link=Adam Aleksic|via=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}]}} is an [internet meme](/source/internet_meme) originating from a viral [YouTube](/source/YouTube) video posted in 2024. During a [vox pop](/source/vox_pop) street interview in [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee), [Haliey Welch](/source/Haliey_Welch) used the [catchphrase](/source/catchphrase) ''hawk tuah'', an [onomatopoeia](/source/onomatopoeia) for [spitting](/source/spitting) or [expectoration](/source/expectoration) on a [penis](/source/penis) as a form of [oral sex](/source/oral_sex), specifically [fellatio](/source/fellatio).
== History ==
On June 11, 2024, a ''[vox pop](/source/Vox_populi)'' [YouTube](/source/YouTube) channel, ''Tim & Dee TV'' owned by Tim Dickerson and DeArius Marlow, released a video featuring an interview with Haliey Welch in the [Broadway](/source/Broadway_(Nashville%2C_Tennessee)) district of [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee), United States.[{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Joseph |date=July 3, 2024 |title=The Guys Behind 'Hawk Tuah Girl' Would Like a Little Credit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/style/hawk-tuah-girl-video.html |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726001240/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/style/hawk-tuah-girl-video.html |url-status=live }}] Welch and another woman approached Dickerson and Marlow and asked to be interviewed.[{{cite magazine | last=Bernstein | first=Jonathan | title=The Men Who Filmed 'Hawk Tuah' Think They Should Be Famous, Too | magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) | date=2024-07-04 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-men-who-filmed-video-tim-dee-tv-1235053762/ | access-date=2024-12-07 | archive-date=December 8, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208014725/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-men-who-filmed-video-tim-dee-tv-1235053762/ | url-status=live }}] The interview began with what Dickerson and Marlow considered tamer questions, such as, "What makes you {{wikt-lang|en|wifey}} material?"[{{cite web | last=Abad-Santos | first=Alex | title=Hawk Tuah Girl, explained by straight dudes | website=Vox | date=2024-06-28 | url=https://www.vox.com/internet-culture/357813/hawk-tuah-girl-meme-tiktok-explained | access-date=2024-12-12 | archive-date=December 12, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212023945/https://www.vox.com/internet-culture/357813/hawk-tuah-girl-meme-tiktok-explained | url-status=live }}][{{Cite magazine |last=Murphy |first=Chris |date=July 3, 2024 |title=The Hawk Tuah Girl: Everything You Need (and Absolutely Don't Need) to Know |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/the-hawk-tuah-girl-everything-you-need-and-absolutely-dont-need-to-know |access-date=July 5, 2024 |magazine=[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)) |archive-date=July 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705023301/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/the-hawk-tuah-girl-everything-you-need-and-absolutely-dont-need-to-know |url-status=live }}] The sound and physical movement by Welch imitated popular depictions of individuals in [Old West](/source/Old_West) [saloons](/source/Western_saloon) spitting into a spittoon.[{{cite web | last=Craighead | first=Olivia | title=What's the Deal With 'Hawk Tuah' Girl? | website=The Cut | date=2024-09-03 | url=https://www.thecut.com/article/hawk-tuah-girl-viral-tiktok-video-explained.html | access-date=2025-07-24 | archive-date=July 2, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702235033/https://www.thecut.com/article/hawk-tuah-girl-viral-tiktok-video-explained.html | url-status=live }}]
==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](/source/watermark).[{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Cosine |date=June 28, 2024 |title=Who's the 'hawk tuah' girl Howard Stern calls 'every father's worst nightmare'? |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3268290/who-hawk-tuah-girl-whos-taken-over-internet-viral-clip-has-spawned-merch-mention-howard-stern-and |access-date=July 3, 2024 |newspaper=[South China Morning Post](/source/South_China_Morning_Post) |archive-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706033007/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3268290/who-hawk-tuah-girl-whos-taken-over-internet-viral-clip-has-spawned-merch-mention-howard-stern-and |url-status=live }}] The video and phrase turned into a meme.[{{cite news |last1=Ellwood |first1=Mark |title='Hawk Tuah Girl' found a familiar path to viral fame. What happens now? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/07/08/hawk-tuah-girl-viral-fame/ |newspaper=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post) |access-date=9 September 2024 |date=11 July 2024 |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716185938/https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/07/08/hawk-tuah-girl-viral-fame/ |url-status=live }}] Welch, who had been a [minimum-wage](/source/minimum-wage) worker at a factory, subsequently created an [Instagram](/source/Instagram) account and gained a sizable [social media](/source/social_media) followership and media attention.[{{cite web |authorlink=Brock Colyar |last1=Colyar |first1=Brock |title=Hawk Tuah Takes Long Island |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/haliey-welch-a-k-a-hawk-tuah-parties-in-long-island.html |website=The Cut |access-date=9 September 2024 |language=en |date=18 July 2024 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909211356/https://www.thecut.com/article/haliey-welch-a-k-a-hawk-tuah-parties-in-long-island.html |url-status=live }}] She also founded a company under which she registered various [trademark](/source/trademark)s, gained representation by an agent,[{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=2024-08-16 |title=Hawk Tuah Girl's First Pitch at a Mets Game Got Everyone Unnecessarily Mad |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-girl-first-pitch-mets-game-people-mad-1235081665/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910164020/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-girl-first-pitch-mets-game-people-mad-1235081665/ |url-status=live }}] and launched a podcast, ''[Talk Tuah](/source/Talk_Tuah)'', under the Betr media company co-founded by [Jake Paul](/source/Jake_Paul).[{{Cite news |last=Gajewski |first=Ryan |date=September 3, 2024 |title=Hawk Tuah Girl Haliey Welch to Launch Podcast 'Talk Tuah' From Jake Paul's Media Company |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/hawk-tuah-girl-haliey-welch-podcast-talk-tuah-1235989879/ |access-date=September 10, 2024 |work=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909121521/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/hawk-tuah-girl-haliey-welch-podcast-talk-tuah-1235989879/ |url-status=live }}] Dickerson and Marlow indicated they were happy for Welch but were upset for not receiving credit for Welch's fame.