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Hunyock
Slang; A person of Eastern European descent; used deragatorily. Probably a derivative of Hungarian + Pollock.
hunyuck
Can be either urban blue-collar or rural. Can be from any area of North America north of the 42nd Parallel, but especially concentrated in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the lower peninsula of Michigan (Yoopers are a separate breed altogether), and Upstate New York. Especially fond of 1970's & 80's arena rock music. Wisconsin hunyucks are particularly rabid fans of the Green Bay Packers (not all Packer fans are hunyucks, but all Wisconsin hunyucks are Packer fans, with the exception of those living in the St. Croix River Valley, who own reversible jackets with Packers on one side, and Minnesota Vikings on the other). Primary consumers of Calvin Peeing and "Ditch the Bitch, Let's Go Snowmobiling" stickers in the northern tier of states. Older hunyucks are responsible for the majority of polka music produced in the United States.
honyocker
Old north West cowboy slang for a failed homestead farmer. Almost as bad as calling a cowboy a sheep herder.Cattle people never liked homesteaders and all their barbed wire fences.
Honyock
Honyock by Dick Liquor August 17, 2006
honyocker
noun: one who lacks respectability or social graces; one prone to exhibiting frequent displays of the screaming yips.
honyock
Offensive slang used as a disparaging term for a person from east-central Europe, especially a laborer.
Dialectical variations include: hunky, c.1896 and honky, c.1946.
Variation in spelling includes: hunyak. Probably a compound of Hungarian + Polack.
All these terms are used contemptuously.
Dialectical variations include: hunky, c.1896 and honky, c.1946.
Variation in spelling includes: hunyak. Probably a compound of Hungarian + Polack.
All these terms are used contemptuously.
When my grandfather immigrated to America, it was hard for him to get respect at work, because everyone thought he was just a honyock.