honest injun



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!
See also: honest, injun

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ploutarchos-Ancient Greek
Makarios-Late Greek
KreŠO-Croatian
Mariano-Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Mila-Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Yuliy-Russian