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For "honky"
Slur | Represents | Reason & Origins |
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Bohunk | Hungarians | May be a contraction of 'Bohemian/Hungarian', and might refer to Hungarians, Czechs and Ukrainians (As well as Russians). Possibly of Slavic origin. See: Honky. |
Chonky | Chinese | Concatenation of Chinese or Chink and Honky. See: Chink, Honky. |
Conky | Whites | Combination of "caucasian" (or "cracker") and "honky." |
Honky/Honkie | Whites | Possibly comes from the term "Honky Tonk", which is a type of country music. Another interesting theory suggests it originated as "Hunky" (and "Bohunk") to refer to Slavic and Hungarian immigrants and eventually transformed into "Honkey" to refer to all White people. Might also come from the African Wolof word "Honq" meaning red or pink and used to describe white men. Yet another theory has it originating from white men honking their horns to call on the lounge singer/prostitute types in 1920's Harlem. |
Honky/Honkie | Asians | Asians hailing from Hong Kong. |
Tomahonky | Native Americans | Normally refers to whites with a Native American heritage. Combo of tomahawk + honky |