choke a darkie

verb

"choke-a-darkie" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“choke a darkie” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To defecate.

Corpus desk

Index EN-choke-a-darkie · choke a darkie · English

choke a darkie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for choke a darkie
PropertyValue
Headwordchoke a darkie
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “choke a darkie” in English

choke a darkieranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

choke a darkie is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To defecate.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for choke a darkie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: An offensive pun referencing violence against black people (cf. darkie). The correct English form is choke a darkie, spelled C-H-O-K-E- -A- -D-A-R-K-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To defecate.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how choke a darkie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 101, 1985 • '[Y]ou don't have to get undressed in those cramped little airborne dunnies to choke a darkie or give some hostie a quick knee- trembler. — Barry Humphries, The Traveller's Tool, p. 117, 198s ▻ choke the chicken 1 (of a male) to ...
  2. Michael Munro, The Patter,Another Blast, 1988 < choke a darkie to defecate AUSTRALIA Also “strangle a darkie,” and “sink a darkie” or “teach a darkie to swim” when on a flush toilet. • These Pom dogs aren't fussy where they flamin' choke the ...

Etymology

An offensive pun referencing violence against black people (cf. darkie).

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "choke a darkie"?
"choke a darkie" is spelled C-H-O-K-E- -A- -D-A-R-K-I-E.
What does "choke a darkie" mean?
As a verb, "choke a darkie" means: To defecate.
What is the origin of the word "choke a darkie"?
An offensive pun referencing violence against black people (cf. darkie). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list