Hanky vs Hunky - What's the difference?
hanky | hunky |
(slang) Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.
(North America, slang, ethnic slur) A person of Hungarian or Slavic, especially Ruthenian, descent.
*2009 , Victor Bockris, Warhol: The Biography ,
*:Like blacks, who were the only ethnic group below them on the social scale, Eastern Europeans, contemptuously labelled ‘hunkies ’, were dismissed as incapable and untrustworthy.
As nouns the difference between hanky and hunky
is that hanky is (colloquial) short form of handkerchief while hunky is (north america|slang|ethnic slur) a person of hungarian or slavic, especially ruthenian, descent.As an adjective hunky is
(slang) exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.hunky
English
Etymology 1
Probably (etyl) hunke, 19th century.Adjective
(er)Etymology 2
From the older (hunk), probably alteration of (Hungarian). Compare (bohunk).Alternative forms
* hunkie * hunkeyNoun
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