NO GET WISE - PIDGIN Dictionary
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NO GET WISE
(no get WIZE), expression (variant of slang English “don’t get wise”)
Don’t be insolent.
Example:
Mother: Eh! Where you t’ink you goin’ wearin’ dat hootchie mama lipstick?
Daughter: But Ma, I wen’ borrow ‘um from yo’ vanity…
Mother: NO GET WISE! Ass’ fo’ grown wahine, dat color, not fo’ keeds.
Submitted by Irene from Waipiʻo Gentry, Oʻahu (Submit yo' own)
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NO GET WISE
1. Asking someone not to speak disrespectfully.
2. Calling someone out for being a smart ass.
Examples:
a. Eh, no get wise with your Grandma’ bumbye you grounded fo’ life.
b. No get wise, you think you funny, but you not.
Submitted by Jason from Hilo, Hawaiʻi (Submit yo' own)
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NO GET WISE
1. Do not act like you do not like the topic.
Examples:
a. NO GET WISE at da wahines, bumby you going be in one beeg pilikia wid dey cousins from da north sho dat like geeve you dirty lickins if you no like go holoholo wid dem.
b. As why hard, NO GET WISE at me unless you like go beef now li’dat or afta da buggahs go split from da hale wid der wahines an den go make wateva dey like do.
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2. Do not get sarcastic.
Examples:
a. NO GET WISE, or your sista going find out dat she went go marry one loosa dat no mo any kala fo buy any kine stuff fo her.
b. Hey tita, da brada ova dea figa if he NO GET WISE wid you, den you may foget da pilakia he stay make ova dea when you go nana on da puneʻe .
Submitted by Frank from Kailua, Oʻahu (Submit yo' own)
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