bohunk

B3O1H4U1N1K5
/ˈboʊhʌŋk/

noun

An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.

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Meanings

nounbohunk (plural bohunks)

plural bohunks

  1. CanadaUSethnicslurAn immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.

    I know you're surprised that I live in a Czech neighborhood. But my father-in-law, a smart old Jew, bought investment property in this nice safe Bohunk district.

    1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 287
  2. CanadaUSderogatoryA brawny or coarse person.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
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Origin

Probably Bohemian + Hungarian. Compare hunk, hunky, honky.

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APA

bohunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bohunk

MLA

“bohunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bohunk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bohunk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bohunk.

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