# You'd think everyone would know about

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**Created:** [August 7, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800 "2025-08-07T06:44:03Z")
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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/493 "2025-09-27T23:41:41Z")

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> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> The girl-child told someone everything was hunky-dory. They were perplexed.

Of course the correct phrase is [‘honky donky’](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky_Donkey)or [‘hunky-dunky’](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037595/quotes/?item=qt2079415).

[Related thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honky-donkey-or-hunky-dunky/975180)

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