honkey

Given that the etymology of the word honkey is that white johns who frequented black prostitutes but feared going upstairs where pimps might lie in wait would announce their arrival by honking their horns to alert the prostitutes to come down to the car... it would make sense that a honkey not use the word, as he might get cut off.

Jesse Jackson, Day 2. Ann Althouse 2008

In college I was called a honkey, in that bastion of liberal thinking, San Francisco.

2 (or 3) Women; Where To Go For 1 Month? 2005

I was kicked out of class everyday, called honkey, white trash, piece of s..t, dirty little white girl.

Tolerating racism - on Oprah. Terry Nelson 2006

For one, calling someone a "honkey" regardless of to whomever that was intended is wholly ignorant.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

Can words like "honkey" and "gook" be used in different context and timing?

Dart Adams presents Black Zombies: The Controversy Surrounding Nas' "Nigger" Album Dart Adams 2008

It's kind of like the word "honkey" American blacks used to use desparagingly for whites.

Election Day Draws to a Close.... 2003

But how did Huey Newton get "honkey" from "hunky," and why? beverleywood

Election Day Draws to a Close.... 2003

It's kind of like the word "honkey" American blacks used to use desparagingly for whites.

Election Day Draws to a Close.... 2003

When he was 16 he was adjudicated for domestic violence for an altercation with his father, and a year later he faced a disorderly conduct charge for allegedly using a racial slur against a black teen after she called him a "honkey" for arguing with a friend of hers at.

Chronicle-Telegram 2009

To a certain extent its society has gotten so liberal that nobody cares about the ostensible slurs at all; calling a gay person a “fag” has about as little real bite as calling a middle-class white person a “honkey”.

The Volokh Conspiracy » NY Times Room for Debate Forum on the Use of Offensive Language 2010