Hawk tuah

During a vox pop street interview in Nashville, Tennessee, Haliey Welch used the catchphrase hawk tuah, an onomatopoeia for spitting or expectoration on a penis as a form of oral sex, specifically fellatio.

On June 11, 2024, a vox pop YouTube channel, Tim & Dee TV owned by Tim Dickerson and DeArius Marlow, released a video featuring an interview with Haliey Welch in the Broadway district of Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

[4][5] 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.

[8] She also founded a company under which she registered various trademarks, gained representation by an agent,[7] and began selling merchandise themed on the phrase and making paid appearances.

[8] On August 15, 2024, she threw the ceremonial first pitch of a New York Mets game,[9] and launched a podcast, Talk Tuah, under the Betr media company co-founded by Jake Paul.