"honky" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: honkies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋki Etymology: Sense of “factory hand” attested from 1946. Compare hunky, bohunk. Most likely from hunky (“Hungarian, Slav, eastern European; any white person”), an African-American vernacular shortening of Hungarian. Another possible etymon is Wolof xonq (“red, pink”), a term frequently used in African languages to describe white men. As a term of racial abuse it was popularized by the Black Panther Party starting from 1967, who sought a rebuttal to nigger. Etymology templates: {{der|en|wo|xonq|t=red, pink}} Wolof xonq (“red, pink”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} honky (plural honkies)
  1. (US, Canada, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person. Tags: Canada, US, derogatory, ethnic, slur Synonyms: white person Translations (white person): białas [masculine] (Polish), białaska [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-honky-en-noun-sKgUuOhs Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English ethnic slurs, African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of African-American Vernacular English: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'white person': 100 0
  2. (US, obsolete) A factory hand or general unskilled worker. Tags: US, obsolete
    Sense id: en-honky-en-noun-i6dD92Cf Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: honkey, honkie Derived forms: honkydom, honkiness, honkitude Related terms: honky tonk (english: etymologically unrelated)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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