Hanky-panky
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The expression hanky-panky has more than one meaning, generally used to mean any number of activities of which the speaker does not approve, as in "I think there was some hanky-panky with the last election." or "The kids were up to some hanky-panky just now, but they had innocent looks on their faces when I looked in on them." The expression may often connote sexual behavior; see sexual slang.
Hanky-panky may also be a specific reference to:
- Hanky Panky, a 1982 film starring Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark, Bradford English and James Tolkan
- "Hanky Panky", a song from Madonna's 1990 soundtrack album I'm Breathless: Music from and Inspired by the film Dick Tracy
- "Hanky Panky", a 1966 song by Tommy James & the Shondells
- Hanky Panky, a 1995 cover album by The The featuring songs by Hank Williams
- Hanky-Panky cocktail, a variation on the sweet martini, invented for Charles Hawtrey by Ada Coleman, the bartender at the Savoy Hotel's American Bar
- Hakk'ni panki, also hokkani boro, hokkani bâro, or huckeny boro, a Romany ("Gypsy") expression meaning "great trick", which can be loosely translated as "big con"
- From the Latin Mass, "Hanc est meam panem" (This is my bread). Used for anything magical or not understood.
- Hanky Panky is also a certain kind of sandwich.
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