honkie
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- noun
- /ˈhɔŋki/
- Slur
- But not all honkies are the same.
Examples
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You middle-class honkies.
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Awful lot of honkies in here.
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You think white people go around calling each other honkies all day, man?
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Please don't hate white people, because some of us honkies are sort of cool.
Academic text (1990) -
"I don't know what kind of Honkie doesn't vote for him when a White man is running for President."
Blog text (34) -
Ain't messing with crazy honkies, no mad scientists.
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You think white people go around calling each other honkies all day, man?
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Please don't hate white people, because some of us honkies are sort of cool.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Honkie probably started in early 1900s US slang and may be linked to honky-tonk (a 'cheap bar' often with white customers) or to hunky (a word once used for some 'immigrant workers'). That's why it became a rude name for white people and is considered offensive.