ghetto for strong or muscular

adopted from them tonka trucks back in the days (unbreakable)

Term used, primarily by US immigration officials in informal settings, to describe an illegal immigrant of any country. Origins are unknown, but definitely predate the use of metal flashlights, contrary to the most used description of origin. It's probable that the origin is related to Chinese immigration, as the first law to restrict immigration from a particular country was enacted in 1882. It's said that many of the illegal immigrants made their way to the US via the Gulf of Tonkin area of what is now Vietnam. It's also possible that the term is related to the Chinese "tong" mob. The word should be considered only as derogatory as the phrase "illegal alien" as it does not refer to race or even nationality, only to one's immigration status in the United States.

Pronoun. Used as a jargon term better Border Patrol Agents to describe someone who is present in the United States illegally. (Exception: Some Dim-witted TCA PA's use the term UDA, even though most TONKS are well documented in IDENT as illegal.)

An illegal alien.

Stands for True Origion Not Known.

A slur nickname for illegal aliens from Mexico, originally coming into use by the US border patrol. The name is supposedly derived from the noise that is produced when one hits an illegal immigrant with a mag light.

Noun (1): The sound made from the contact of an illegal Mexican immigrant's head and a D-cell Maglite

Noun (2): A derogatory term for an illegal alien crossing from the United State's extremely porous southern boarder, originating from the sound made from the contact of an illegal Mexican immigrant's head and a D-cell Maglite

Verb: The act of hitting the head of either an illegal Mexican immigrant or another person with either a D-cell maglite or similar object

Illegal Mexican immigrants.