honky
or hon·kie, hon·key, hon·ker
[hong-kee, hawng-]
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person.
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Origin of honky
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In 1988 he dethroned The Honky Tonk Man in only seconds at Summerslam at Madison Square Garden.
honky
- derogatory, slang, mainly US a White man or White men collectively
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Word Origin
C20: of unknown origin
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Word Origin and History for honky
n.
also honkey, derogatory slang word for "white person," by 1967, black slang, of unknown origin, perhaps from late 19c. hunky "East-Central European immigrant," a colloquial shortening of Hungarian. Honky in the sense of "factory hand" is attested from 1946.
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