Post #46653 by Tiki King on Thu, Aug 7, 2003 2:42 PM

"Hapa" litterally means half, but can also be used as "almost" or "kind of like"
Haole is a non islander, and is sometimes used as a deragatory term usually for white tourists. "hapa Haole" was a term coined to describe music which was derived from traditional Hawaian songs, but with english lyrics, or "hawaiian style" songs written by non hawaiians, usually with mixed hawaiian and english lyrics.