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    [Adjective]  | "hunky" | \ ˈhəŋ-kē \


    1: being a hunk : attractive and usually well-built


    Origin: 1972 ;

    [Adjective]  | "hun*ky-do*ry" | \ ˌhəŋ-kē-ˈdȯr-ē \


    1: quite satisfactory : fine


    Origin: 1866 ;

     Obsolete English dialect hunk home base + -dory (of unknown origin);

    [Noun]  | "Hun*ky" | \ ˈhəŋ-kē \


    1: a person of central or east European birth or descent


    Origin: circa 1896 ;

     Alteration of Hungarian;

    [Adjective]  | "hunky" 


    1: as in studly;


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    [Adjective]  | "hunky-dory" 


    1: being to one's liking;


      * e.g., " ... if she just agrees to cooperate, everything will be hunky-dory "





     [ "hunky" ]

    1: Disparaging term for a Russian or Eastern European

     [ "hunky" ]

    1:  a person of Eastern European origin sexually attractive, especially in a muscular way (generally used by women to describe men)

      * e.g.,  ... Some hunky bastard nearly ran me off the road, and rather than apologizing he gave me the finger. 

     [ "Hunkie" ]

    1: A person of Eastern European descent. Used as a derogatory term in the early 1900s to describe poor working immigrants from mainly Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine looking for work in industrialized regions of the United States.

      * e.g.,  ... There are so many hunkies on my block that this whole town smells like stuffed cabbages. 

     [ "Hunky" ]

    1: A word for a hot guy.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm going to see my hunky tonight at eleven. 

     [ "Hunkied" ]

    1: To wet one's self or piss your pants.

      * e.g.,  ... The joke was so funny I Hunkied in my pants 

     [ "Hunky" ]

    1: Pittsburgh term often disparaging, meaning someone who works in a steel mill, something rough and home made. Can be both a noun or an adjective. (short for Hungarian, which a lot of steel workers were) Not quite the bad word it used to be.

      * e.g.,  ... Yinz got some hunky kitchen cabinets. 

     [ "Hunky" ]

    1: A very disparaging word of contempt used by "American society" (from 1850s to today, much diminished, but sadly still in current use)to refer to Eastern European immigrants in the steel industry. It was the equivalent of the "N" word for black Americans. In its time, Hunky meant stupid, ugly, drunken, lazy, dirty, sullen, immoral people, only good for the most unskilled jobs, cleaning women or prostitutes. When the mills broke up, and people scattered, the word became less widely used, lingers mostly in Pittsburgh area. Some descendants refer to themselves as Hunkies with a defiant pride.

      * e.g.,  ... No wonder our kids can't get into college, ever Hunky wants to send theirs. (an actual quote heard in the late 60s) 

     [ "Hunky" ]

    1: Another word for penis

      * e.g.,  ... Suck my hunky bro 

     [ "Hunkie" ]

    1: A cute little thing!

      * e.g.,  ... What a hunkie that baby is! 

     [ "hunkie" ]

    1: someone really cute or sexy

      * e.g.,  ... hey daniel, ashley looks hunkie today 

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