honky
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- noun
- /ˈhɔŋki/
- Slur
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[insulto racista para persona blanca]
- I'm supposed to stand around here and watch a bunch of honky's dancing with you.
So I was automatically the odd man out, the minority, the weirdo, the dork, the dweeb, the honky.
- So I was automatically the odd man out, the minority, the weirdo, the dork, the dweeb, the honky.
- And but if you are white or looked at as a white, you know, Whitey, honky, wiggers, whatever they call them, you know, I don't know what they call them in.
Examples
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- Yeah, I know this psycho honky.
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He's just some crazy honky with a gun.
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Is that the son of that honky that burned them churches?
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The only time we weren't friends was the day Cynthia called me a honky for no reason.
Fiction book (2000) -
During the heated argument, he referred to me as a honky simply because of my race.
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In a joking manner, my friend sometimes calls me a honky when we discuss stereotypes.
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The comedian made a controversial joke about honky behavior that sparked a strong reaction from the audience.
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Etymology
Honky is a rude slang word for a 'white person'. One idea is that it comes from honky-tonk, meaning a 'noisy bar' where many white people went, and another links it to hunky, a name once used for Eastern European workers, and either way it developed as an insult for white people.