What is the origin of island time?
Hawaiian time is an inflection of “island time,” a term that gained colloquial traction during the u. s. pacific post-world war ii. Westerners accustomed to frigid winters and a rigid clock romanticized the idea of an island paradise, where time seemed to melt into a soothing drip. A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to islanders (e. Hawaiians or fijians), and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.