So many attempts of defining, and so many diverse results AND subjective opinions, which is not what we are looking for when seeking a definition, so let's have a base on the "actual" dictionary that defines it as:
"Ethnic slur for a white person."
For what's about its origin, the word is derivated from the word "hunky" that a pejorative slur to refer to East European migrants, most of them being from the working-class, this term was used to stigmatise them as a group, so a mix or racism and xenophobia. It eventually became the word "honky" to refer to white people in general in the afro-american language.
Now, how offensive is it? Cause yeah all insults aren't equivalent — and I wouldn't recommand to say it out loud in the street to verify. According to the dictionary again, this is a "double red exclamation mark" slur, to give an idea, the dictionary uses three levels:
Single orange exclamation mark — Single red exclamation mark — Double red exclamation mark.
"Ethnic slur for a white person."
For what's about its origin, the word is derivated from the word "hunky" that a pejorative slur to refer to East European migrants, most of them being from the working-class, this term was used to stigmatise them as a group, so a mix or racism and xenophobia. It eventually became the word "honky" to refer to white people in general in the afro-american language.
Now, how offensive is it? Cause yeah all insults aren't equivalent — and I wouldn't recommand to say it out loud in the street to verify. According to the dictionary again, this is a "double red exclamation mark" slur, to give an idea, the dictionary uses three levels:
Single orange exclamation mark — Single red exclamation mark — Double red exclamation mark.
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"If America don't come 'round, we got to burn it down. You better get some guns, brother. The only thing the grass honky respects is a gun."
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Get the Honky Tonk mug.Can be used interchangeably for cocaine (obviously because it's white). But, can also be used as a generic, cover-all term for narcotic powders (kind of like using skoom) or how police refer to all narcotics as dope.
Person1: What's up with that crackhead rolling around in the middle of the street yelling and screaming?
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Person2: Probably all hopped up on honky dust. We should call an ambulance before he gets run over.
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“That’s Honky Ball, bruh! You see that big white frisbee?!”
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