After reading about honk in this column, my family has started using the word here in the USA.
Duncan Chapl:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I’m just listening to a BBC radio show where some comedian, Alastair, is explaining his long campaign to get Honk (in the meaning of cash or money) into the dictionary. It sounds like a very news way to use the word.
How fitting that Mr. “Horne” is refashioning the word “honk.”
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Steve Dunham:
September 8th, 2009 at 11:12 am
After reading about honk in this column, my family has started using the word here in the USA.
Duncan Chapl:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I’m just listening to a BBC radio show where some comedian, Alastair, is explaining his long campaign to get Honk (in the meaning of cash or money) into the dictionary. It sounds like a very news way to use the word.
Jed Rothwell:
February 15th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Could this be true? See:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/how-to-invent-a-word-1900477.html
JAS:
July 5th, 2017 at 11:38 am
The word Honk has been used a LONG LONG time here in the Nebraska,USA meaning to honk your horn in your vehicles.
Jon T Hurst:
January 15th, 2018 at 6:38 am
How fitting that Mr. “Horne” is refashioning the word “honk.”