honest injun

An expression used to emphasize the veracity of one's statement. Based on an informal spelling of "Indian" (i.e., Native American), the phrase is somewhat dated and may be considered offensive. Primarily heard in US. I swear it wasn't me who broke the lamp, honest injun!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Haraldur	-	Icelandic
Gurutz	-	Basque
Clara	KLAH-rah (Italian, German, Spanish), KLER-ə (English), KLAR-ə (English)	Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English, Swedish, Danish, Late Roman
Pierre	[pi(:)'ɛə]
Primitiva	pree-mee-TEE-vah (Spanish)	Spanish, Late Roman
Tinatini	-	Georgian