/ˈhɔːni/
#3830 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
Feeling strong sexual desire. It is blunt and very informal: fine between close friends or partners, completely out of place at work, at school, or with anyone you do not know well.
Word origin
From horn. It first meant made of horn or having horns, then from the 1880s took on the sexual sense from an older slang use of horn.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- horn
Examples
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Very common in casual speech, and it always sounds casual.
closest , .
This is a word for private conversation between people who are close.
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No swearing required. It is simply the wrong room for the word.
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