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Cutesy, exaggerated greeting in Spanish-language internet and chat culture, a playful stretching of "hola" through the clipped form "holi" and a childlike ending. It is used in messages, comments and videos to open a conversation in an affectionate, tender or ironic tone, and it is not a standard word.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""Holiwis, ¿cómo andan hoy?" she wrote at the start of the stream."

LORE & ORIGIN

No dictionary or news page that was opened documents "holiwis" itself, and a general search found no reference page for it, so no dated first use or originating community is known. The form is built from "hola" with the diminutive-like ending "-i" and the playful "-wis" ending common in cutesy online spelling. This entry therefore describes the word from its visible parts only.

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2020s
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