#HonkyTonkin' in This City | @NewspaperARCH @iamJohnOliver (#investifarted #allthepuppynewsthatsfittoprint) @CollectorsWkly @OkGazette @issuu

'That word' (below-hyperlinked to many event-details I read-about & share with everyone) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...

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The word “Honkytonkin'” (or #Honkytonking) is Midwest (oops ... maybe I mean 'South-Central') American slang for Partying at a |Bar or Dance Hall known as a #Honkytonk. 

The word "Honkytonk" (Texas- & Oklahoma-newspapers' name for Cheap Local Night|clubs) is built on ... probably 'the names of Low-Grade Theaters in |Vicious Districts (e.g. the #Honk-E-#Tonk District)' (also used to describe the type of Music played in such |Saloons). 

The word "Honk" is built on ancient words that are |Imitative of the Cry of the |Goose or -of the |Horn (particularly that of an Automobile ... ).

#Honker #Honked #Honking #Honks 

Etymonline says Honky-Tonk might be connected to #Honky or #Honkey (a racial slur for Caucasian) which might be built on ancient words that mean "an |East-Central European |Immigrant" (or |Hunk, short for Hungarian). 

The syllable "Tonk" is built on ... sources disagree on this—Wikipedia says that an old Reno-newspaper explains it, but a) Wikipedia then avoids repeating their explanation–saying the newspaper was probably joking–and b) the source they name is only readable if you subscribe to the archive. 

Wikipedia also suggests that the syllable comes from the surname of brothers who constructed the type of |Piano used in those Bars. They quickly dispel the notion though, on account of the Tonks' pianos not coming out until well after "Honky-tonk" was 'within the common lexicon; but you sorta hear the 'Tonk' if you listen to some of the music!

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The word 'Honkytonkin'' comes up because I–before the pandemic hit–had put a lot of Oklahoma City's upcoming events-around-town in a calendar I share online.

The reason-why I share the calendar? Because I love alt-weekly newspapers (particularly the Oklahoma Gazette ... and there're probably a few others whose names slip my mind)—beside 'local events,' they also serve as a true news-source for many national- & international broadcasters (as John Oliver reports).

I'm not wealthy enough to either directly pay them (via subscriptions or advertising) or go out & reward their sponsors myself, so I figured that the best thing I could do is tell everybody about the events that the sponsors are hosting.

The more people I can tell about the sponsors' events, the more money the sponsors have to buy more ads from the journalists; the more money they pay the journalists, the more in-depth the journalists can make their coverage (since they don't have to waste their time figuring out how they'll survive)!