Talk:honyock

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Honyock[edit]

This word has intrigued me for a long time. I did some research on the web and came up with a Scandinavian translation for chicken chaser. The word needs accents on it that my keyboard does not apply easily. It refers to the Scandinavian immigrants who came to midwest America and took up farming. They would often be seen trying to catch chickens by chasing them around instead of luring them in with chickenfeed. It is also the title of a novel about the same. People that I have heard use it, use it as a derisive term for a person's ability to accomplish a task. Example: "They got a bunch of honyocks working on the new roof. It will probably leak next time it rains."

Honyock[edit]

My dad's from Maine, & I've heard him fling this epithet @ several people. I've picked it up and used it on a ex-boyfriend when he was being goofy. "It's *hoon*-yock", he told me, having lived up in the north of NH for quite some time. So apparently in the NE there's 2 pronunciations of it, but we've got it over here in New England as well.

Honyockies[edit]

My grandparents were from Michigan. My grandfather was of German decent and they often referred to my father and his cousin as Honyockies whenever they were upset with them, usually for being out too late when they were teenagers. Until recently, we had no idea what this term actually meant, as my father and grandfather are deceased, and my grandmother is too old to remember anymore (Plus neither my father or grandmother were completely sure what it meant, thinking it was a Chippewa word since my grandfather was also part Chippewa) But we had always assumed that the word was Honyocky, (or Honyockee) for singular and Honyockies (or Honyockees) plural. Subwayatrain 01:21, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Other related terms[edit]

hunky, honky. DCDuring TALK 01:50, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Honyock[edit]

Growing up in central Texas with my dad I heard him use "honyock", and like the first commentor, it was usually preceded by "bunch of..."

There are certainly numerous German and Chzech families in central Texas, so it makes sense that it has an eastern European origin.

To this day, I believe it is the most derogatory thing he has ever said about anyone. Lghughes 17:42, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I grew up in South Texas with parents from New York and the Great Lakes states area. Both would use the term for at least two, and many times more, of us kids when we were being holigans or roughhousing... As in "You honyocks... ...settle down. or ...knock it off. or ...get in here for supper."
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