choke a darkie

English

Etymology

An offensive pun referencing violence against black people (cf. darkie).

Pronunciation

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Verb

choke a darkie (third-person singular simple present chokes a darkie, present participle choking a darkie, simple past and past participle choked a darkie)

1. (slang, vulgar, colloquial) To defecate.
   • 2006, Eric Partridge, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 403:

     101, 1985 • '[Y]ou don't have to get undressed in those cramped little airborne dunnies to choke a darkie or give some hostie a quick knee- trembler. — Barry Humphries, The Traveller's Tool, p. 117, 198s ▻ choke the chicken 1 (of a male) to ...

   • 2015, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Routledge, →ISBN, page 459:

     Michael Munro, The Patter,Another Blast, 1988 < choke a darkie to defecate AUSTRALIA Also “strangle a darkie,” and “sink a darkie” or “teach a darkie to swim” when on a flush toilet. • These Pom dogs aren't fussy where they flamin' choke the ...

   • 2016, Thom Jones, Cold Snap: Stories, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     When Doris wasn't playin' the whale, she drank mineral oil and did the big job: choked a darkie—a large black bowel movement that wound four times around the bowl and pointed at both ends. She was proud of 'em, too. First time she called ...

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

slang for defecate

• Danish: lægge en negerarm
• Swedish: lägga en negerarm

References

• “choke a darkie”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.