2007-02-01 02:59:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
An insult to a white person
2007-02-01 03:22:16 · answer #1 · answered by Daisy Roots 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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hon·ky [hong-kee, hawng-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -kies. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a white person.
Also, honkie, honkey, honker.
[Origin: 1945–50, Americanism; perh. alter of hunky2]
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hon·ky or hon·kie also hon·key (hông'kÄ, hÅng'-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. hon·kies also hon·keys Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a white person.
[Possibly blend of Wolof honq, red, pink, of light complexion, and hunky1.]
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honkie
noun
offensive names for a White man [syn: whitey]
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2007-02-01 11:03:51 · answer #2 · answered by st3f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a derrogatory term used for white people by other ethnic races. The word originated as insulting hungarian people, but it spread to all white people. The word became famous on the tv show The Jeffersons.
2007-02-01 11:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by Info Nympho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An offensive name for a white man.
2007-02-01 11:03:26 · answer #4 · answered by Plato 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a derogatory slang name that people of other ethnic races call a Caucasian
2007-02-01 11:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by Peachz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's slang for a person of white color
2007-02-01 11:02:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
stupid white boy, i used to have a friend with that nickname
2007-02-01 11:03:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-02-01 11:02:43 · answer #8 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one who honks his horn at idiots like you
2007-02-01 11:42:16 · answer #9 · answered by Norman T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋