Learn English – Meaning of “Hunky Dunky”

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What is the meaning of the phrase hunky dunky?

I heard this phrase in a conversation in an episode of The Big Bang Theory, an American sitcom. I haven't seen many usages of it.

The sentence goes like this:

This warm glow inside of me that promises everything's going to be all hunky dunky

The Big Bang Theory, Season 1, Episode 8

Best Answer

I located a transcript of the episode and found a little bit of additional surrounding conversation:

Penny: Okay, if you’re going to drink on this date just promise me you won’t overdo it.

Raj: Overdo what? Happiness? Freedom? This warm glow inside of me that promises everything is going to be all hunky donkey?

So the background is two characters discussing consumption of alcohol to excess. Penny advocates avoiding excess, while Raj argues he should allow himself to succumb to it. His statements are meant to indicate he desires the sensations that drunkenness will bring, so this context should hint that "honky donkey" is something positive that results from inebriation.

Further, the line is also spoken by Raj, a character from India who often mixes American idioms. In this case, he seems to have jumbled the common expression hunky-dory, described by Free Dictionary as:

adj. Slang Perfectly satisfactory; fine.

Putting this together, we can conclude that Raj is saying he wishes to obtain the satisfying sensation that excess alcohol might bring.