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honkie

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??ki

Noun

honkie (plural honkies)

  1. Alternative spelling of honky

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honky

English

Alternative forms

  • honkey, honkie

Etymology

Sense of “factory hand” attested from 1946. Compare hunky, bohunk.

Term of racial abuse attested 1967, most likely from hunky (Hungarian, Slav, eastern European; any white person), an African-American vernacular shortening of Hungarian. Another possible etymon is Wolof honq (red, pink), a term frequently used in African languages to describe white men.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??ki

Noun

honky (plural honkies)

  1. (Canada, US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:white person
  2. (US, obsolete) A factory hand or general unskilled worker.

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