honey dip

n. (a term of affection for) a desirable girl or woman, especially one of dark-skinned ancestry. Subjects: Black English, English, United States

Editorial Note: Perhaps after the sweetness and color of honey-dipped pastries, reinforced by the use of honey in North America as an endearment for one’s sweetheart and as a term for an attractive woman. A related term is piece of honey.

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Citations: 1950 The Cap-Tans (Sept.) “Crazy ’Bout My Honey Dip” (in song): (title) 1994 [Christopher J. Wang] Usenet: alt.rap (Feb. 15) “Re: Lyrics: 93 ‘til Infinity”: It’s dip…you know like kickin’ game to a honeydip. get it? 1998 Ta-Nehisi Coates (Feb. 1) “Alice Flips the Script” @ Catch the Fire! Derrick I. M. Gilbert p. 174: She is not another bourgeoise honey-dip./Sister is deep like sinkholes./Hollow like them too. [2001 Carol Taylor Brown Sugar (Jan. 1) p. 185: The clip’s concept is a sex subway filled with scantily clad ho’s in various buck-wild positions—sliding down poles, gyrating their hips, swinging their phat honey dips.] 2005 Veronica Chambers Miss Black America (June 14) p. 11: He’d be calling Mommy “Miss Black America” and his “brown sugar honey dip” as soon as she got home. 2005 Kristie Rieken @ Houston Star-Telegram (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas) (July 2) “Texan Paul Wall shines in sea of rappers”: The rapper, whose real last name is Slayton, relies on a dizzying array of local vernacular to describe everything from attractive females (honey dips) to rims (swangaz) and tires (vogues).

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Reader comments:

When I was young (some time ago) and lived in a rural area that used septic systems, we called the man who cleaned the septic tank a honey dipper.

by Irene Hindman 25 Jan 06, 0252 GMT

There’s also the honey wagon, which is a dump truck.

by Grant Barrett 25 Jan 06, 0300 GMT

Not the worst name for a black girl but it’s not great! I still don’t know why it’s so friggin popular.

by Nikki 16 Nov 06, 0314 GMT