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Honky

Honky (also spelled honkey) is a derogatory term used to refer to white people, predominantly heard in the United States. The first recorded use of "honky" in this context may date back to 1946.

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Honky

Nodes82
Edges81
Triples97
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02439
Components1

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related to Use in music · 33
Honky → Agoraphobic Nosebleed, American, Brain Damage, Brother Louie, Buck, Damn, DJ, Elton John, Eminem, EP, Hank Williams Jr, He, Honky Cat, Honky Château, Honky Reduction, Honky's Ladder, Hot Chocolate, In, Keith Emerson, Macklemore
related to Notable uses · 22
Honky → America, Black, Black Panther Party, Brown, Cambridge, Defense, Honkies, Huey, Huey Newton, In, June, Lady Bird, Maryland, National Chairman, Newton's, Panther Eldridge Cleaver, Rap Brown, SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, The
related to Other · 17
Honky → According, Black, Blacks, Chicago, Encyclopedia, English, English-speaking, Foreigners, Hunk Hill, Hunkies, Oak Hill, Phrase Origins, Robert Hendrickson, The, These, West Virginia, Word
related to Use in television and film · 12
Honky → Aretha Franklin, Brenda Sykes, Devine, Elwood, Hasidic, In, Jake, John Neilson, Mrs Murphy, Sheila Smith, The Blues Brothers, Wayne
related to Wolof · 6
Honky → Black Americans, It, The, West African, Wolof, Wolof-speaking
related to Central European · 5
Honky → America, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bohunk, Hungarian, Slavic
see also · 2
Honky → BuckraCrackerHillbillyList, White Anglo-Saxon ProtestantsHonky-tonk

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white term may also word used black music blues honkey people chicago uses use whites known 1967 reference first wolof

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Honkyrelated to Central EuropeanBohunk0.60section
Honkyrelated to Central EuropeanSlavic0.60section
Honkyrelated to Central EuropeanHungarian0.60section
Honkyrelated to Central EuropeanAmerica0.60section
Honkyrelated to Central EuropeanAustro-Hungarian Empire0.60section
Honkyrelated to Notable usesThe0.60section
Honkyrelated to Notable usesStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee0.60section
Honkyrelated to Notable usesSNCC0.60section
Honkyrelated to Notable usesThe Department0.60section
Honkyrelated to Notable usesDefense0.60section
Honkyrelated to Notable usesNational Chairman0.60section
Honkyrelated to Notable usesRap Brown0.60section

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