Hunky vs Unky - What's the difference?
hunky | unky |
(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.
(colloquial, used by young children) uncle.
As nouns the difference between hunky and unky
is that hunky is (north america|slang|ethnic slur) a person of hungarian or slavic, especially ruthenian, descent while unky is (colloquial|used by young children) uncle.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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