97 Word ‘spooky’ banned as ‘racial slur' by National Theatre Scotland ahead of Halloween… although no one complained about it (www.rt.com) posted 3 years ago by dagthegnome 3 years ago by dagthegnome +97 / -0 31 comments share 31 comments share save hide report block hide replies
"Honky tonk" probably does have racist origins, "a place honkies go to listen to music" ... doesn't "tonk" sound like some stupid slang they'd come up with now on twatter? An Ebonicsy way of saying "tank"? (As in holding tank).
Rip Dwight Yoakam
That's Johnny Horton's song!