Stephen Schwartz The movies thus year were pretty bad overall. I doubt that there was a movie with a Black star or director that stood out. Did you see one? Lisa McElroy I would hazard a guess that the reason (you were called) an idiot has nothing to do with whether or not there was a […][...]
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August 3rd, 2015 - 12:13 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day: What Hawaians call their Honkeys
Haole (US, Hawaiian) A non-native, used by Hawaiians mainly to refer to whites (less commonly to refer to non-Hawaiians). Can be used neutrally, dependent on context.[96][...]
August 3rd, 2015 - 3:05 am § in Misc.
Slur of the Day: What Aussies call their Honkeys
Gub, Gubba (AUS) Aboriginal pejorative term for white people[87][...]
December 2nd, 2014 - 1:06 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day: Synonym for “Honkey”
Peckerwood a slur that was used through the mid 20th century by southern African Americans and upper class whites used to describe poor rural whites. It is still used mostly by African Americans against White people.[...]
December 2nd, 2014 - 1:04 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day: What do the Aussies call their Honkeys?
Pom, Pohm, Pommy, Pommie, Pommie Grant (AUS/NZ/SA) a British (usually English) immigrant. Some claim it derives from “Prisoner of Mother England” or “Prisoner of Her Majesty”, but it probably derives from pomegranate, rhyming slang for “immigrant”.[153] It is ofte[...]
October 2nd, 2014 - 4:59 am § in Misc.
Slur of the Day: What do the Irish call their Honkeys?
Orange bastard (Scotland, (Northern) Ireland) used by Catholic Irish or Scottish Republicans for a presumed Protestant in Ireland or Great Britain, who is perceived to be a Unionist, i.e. supporting union of Northern Ireland with the United Kingdom. “Orange” refers to the Orange order, a[...]
Slur of the Day: Where did the term “honkey” originate?
Honky also spelled “honkey” or “honkie” (1) (U.S.) an offensive term for a white person. Derived from an African-American pronunciation of “hunky“, the disparaging term for a Hungarian laborer. The first record of its use as an insulting term for a white person da[...]
March 5th, 2014 - 12:41 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day: What Malay people call honkeys
Mat Salleh (slur) Mat Salleh kotek bengkok A derogatory Malay term used for Caucasians. Originally, it was used to mock English sailors, that is, as “mad sailors”” Even more insulting is the addition of the words “kotek bengkok”, which means “bent penis”.[...]
February 24th, 2014 - 2:18 am § in Misc.
Is Honkey the Antonym of “People of Color?”
I keep getting in trouble over the term “people of color.” Frankly the term POC is offensive to me. To put matters another way, claiming to be a POC seems to mean you’re part of a group that has the special privilege of demanding consideration from “white” people.[...]
October 7th, 2013 - 4:09 am § in Misc.
Slur of the Day: What Chinese call their Honkeys
Gweilo, gwailo, or kwai lo (鬼佬) (used in South of Mainland China and Hong Kong) A White man. Loosely translated as “foreign devil;” more literally, might be “ghost dude/bloke/guy/etc.” Gwei means “ghost.” The color white is associated with ghosts in China. A l[...]