The first genre of music to be commonly known as honky tonk music was a style of piano playing related to ragtime, but emphasizing rhythm more than melody or harmony, since the style evolved in response to an environment where the pianos were often poorly cared for, tending to be out of tune and having some nonfunctioning keys. (Hence an out-of-tune upright piano is sometimes called a honky-tonk piano, e.g. in the General MIDI set of standard electronic music sounds.)
Such honky tonk music was an important influence on the formation of the boogie woogie piano style, as indicated by Jelly Roll Morton's 1938 record "Honky Tonk Music" (recalling the music of his youth, see quotation below), and Meade "Lux" Lewis's big hit "Honky Tonk Train Blues" which Lewis recorded many times from 1927 into the 1950s and was covered by many other musicians from the 1930s on, including Oscar Peterson and Keith Emerson.
by Mark Dupri October 6, 2007
Get the honky tonkmug. Verb a.k.a. "Tonkin'": To get shit-house drunk on cheap beer (usually PBR or Busch Light) and head into the local bars looking for trouble. A good night of Tonkin' generally includes, but is not limited to, (1) discharging a firearm at the moon, (2) having to leave somewhere before the police arrive, and (3) waking up the next morning next to a particularly unattractive woman. Although the word's etymology is southern, Honky Tonkin' has been observed as far north as Grand Marais, MN.
Were goin' Honky Tonkin' tonight boys! Fathers, lock up your daughters. Farmers, lock up your sheep.
by RomanMaroni August 16, 2011
Get the Honky Tonkin'mug. A place where a lot of rowdy crazy and fun hillbillies and country folk get together and dance and play country music icons such as Hank Williams jr and sr George strait and many others they dance and have a grand ole time
by Cattywampus human April 13, 2020
Get the Honky Tonkmug. The scale used to determine how "white" one is based on a scale from 0-44, where 0 is ghetto black acting as a whigger where one would be popin caps left and right, 22 is perfect white/black balance, and 44 is excessive white where one would be watching Fraiser while drinking a brocelli smoothie in a pair of pleated pants.
Nerd: BYYYYYY GOLLY I NEED MORE PLEATED PANTS!
Dude: Bro, I would rather stick my dick in the oven than listen to your 44 ass.
Nerd: You are correct mmmmmyyyyyy Honky Scale rating is a perfect 44 based on proven mathematical evidence.
Black Male: Yo what it be homes? Oh shit a 44! I better get MY 44, Shiiiiiit...
Nerd: Please remove yourself from my grill my geographicaly southern brethren!
Dude: Bro, I would rather stick my dick in the oven than listen to your 44 ass.
Nerd: You are correct mmmmmyyyyyy Honky Scale rating is a perfect 44 based on proven mathematical evidence.
Black Male: Yo what it be homes? Oh shit a 44! I better get MY 44, Shiiiiiit...
Nerd: Please remove yourself from my grill my geographicaly southern brethren!
by MonsterDipper88 November 16, 2007
Get the Honky Scalemug. Everything is a-ok. Its all good.
Originated by post WW II US Sailors on liberty in Yokosuka, Japan. The strip right outside the main gate to the US Naval Base was called (and still is) Honcho Dori (means book district street in Japanese). Times were wild and there was no better sailor port in the world at the time. This was bastardized to Honky Dory by the sailors and it came to mean if you came from Honky Dory then everything had to be good or 'honky dory'.
Originated by post WW II US Sailors on liberty in Yokosuka, Japan. The strip right outside the main gate to the US Naval Base was called (and still is) Honcho Dori (means book district street in Japanese). Times were wild and there was no better sailor port in the world at the time. This was bastardized to Honky Dory by the sailors and it came to mean if you came from Honky Dory then everything had to be good or 'honky dory'.
a: Do you still have piles in your ass?
b. No, I quit drinking that Budweiser piss and now everything is honky dory.
b. No, I quit drinking that Budweiser piss and now everything is honky dory.
by wheaty June 20, 2005
Get the honky dorymug. 
Main Entry: Hon-ky Tor-y
Pronunciation: hon-kie tor-ie
Function: noun or verb
Etymology: Derived from California Slang
The act by which one is given road head and the receiver brakes fairly sharply causing the giver to hit her or his head on the car horn resulting in a honk.
Pronunciation: hon-kie tor-ie
Function: noun or verb
Etymology: Derived from California Slang
The act by which one is given road head and the receiver brakes fairly sharply causing the giver to hit her or his head on the car horn resulting in a honk.
by nickwtomyskins June 27, 2008
Get the Honky Torymug.