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Kia ora, ammelah - care to enlighten this dullard on the origin of your nym? As to a challenge, please feel free to have a go at my feeble offering, there are still six days to go. I am longing for an opportunity to indulge in another truly groan-inspiring piece of wordplay, perhaps even worse than that behind the prize I offered tsuwm for crossing the line first. I am also hoping that AWADtalk's resident etymythologist, Jazzoctopus, will have a crack at it. I have composed an entry myself as an homage to his unique skills, but my effort seems too pale a shadow of the master's work to be exposed to the light of day. 
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stinky-pinky would be the adult version. <g> here is the obligatory link: http://www.hinkypinky.com/faq.html
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I don't know about hinky-pinkies, but I'm quite familiar with hanky-panky [hanky-pankies?]. What are the former?
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Since you asked, Max, my name is my own invention. While looking for something "very unique" (which hadn't been registered with Yahoo yet -- not an easy task) and which I felt a strong connection to, I hit upon this combination of the first letters of my first name and the nonsense syllables I use to announce meal times to my toddler! Sorry for the rather humdrum explanation. Perhaps I should have thought up an exotic or arcane story to go with it.
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>hanky-pankies
Aren't they small packs of tissues?
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And a hunky-punky is a muscly guy with a pink Mohawk?
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and a honky-ponky is an unwashed white person
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"hanky-pankies Aren't they small packs of tissues?"
han[ky-pan[ky 7ha%4kc pa%4kc8
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5altered ? after (SLEIGHT OF) HAND < HOCUS-POCUS6 [Colloq.] trickery or deception, orig. as used in tricks of illusion or sleight of hand, now esp. in connection with shady dealings or illicit sexual activity
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