An exclamation of surprise, delight or salutation. Used with a rising inflection of pitch through which a gradual
diphthong "AW-AH" is used. Various
permutations of the word are also permitted, eg. "
Phwar" or "Hwaw"
eg. "
Chaw, that was unexpected!" surprise
eg. "Chaw, that's the
cronz!" delight
eg. "Chaw the Optima! How are we?"
salutation