honky

[hong-kee, hawng-] /ˈhɒŋ ki, ˈhɔŋ-/
noun, plural honkies. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
1.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person.
Also, honkie, honkey, honker.
Origin
1945-50, Americanism; perhaps alteration of hunky2
Examples from the web for honky
  • The first annoying aspect was the interminable wait to board in a honky-tonk souvenir shop setting.
  • Thieves and murderers were forced by boredom to haunt the honky-tonks.
  • And a wooden piano-a honky-tonk piano-with an eight-track stereo that actually plays.
  • It was kind of saying things were not quite honky-dory over there.
British Dictionary definitions for honky

honky

/ˈhɒŋkɪ/
noun (pl) honkies
1.
(derogatory, slang, mainly US) a White man or White men collectively
Word Origin
C20: of unknown origin
Word Origin and History for honky
n.

also honkey, derogatory slang word for "white person," by 1967, black slang, of unknown origin, perhaps from late 19c. hunky "East-Central European immigrant," a colloquial shortening of Hungarian. Honky in the sense of "factory hand" is attested from 1946.

Slang definitions & phrases for honky

honky

modifier

: No talkin' or we'll bust your honky heads

noun

A white person; Gray, ofay (1967+ Black)

[fr hunky1, as often normally pronounced in black English]