- Redneck - Wikipedia
Redneck is a derogatory term currently applied to some lower-class and working-class southerners The term, which came into common usage in the 1930s, is derived from the redneck's beginnings as a "yeoman farmer" whose neck would burn as they toiled in the fields
- What’s the difference between ‘hillbilly’ and ‘redneck’?
‘Redneck’ suggests someone who belongs to the white working class, is uneducated, and has offensive opinions, while ‘hillbilly’ suggests someone whose ways are backward because they live in remote hills or mountains
- Understanding the Redneck Definition in Slang
Explore the complexities of the term 'redneck' in contemporary slang, delving into its origins, cultural significance, and shifting meanings within society today
- A Short History of Redneck - Southern Cultures
For approximately the last one hundred years, the pejorative term redneck has chiefly slurred a rural, poor white man of the American South and particularly one who holds conservative, racist, or reactionary views
- What is a Redneck? - America Explained
Redneck is a pejorative slang term for poor white rural farmers, mainly from the south of the United States The term originated from the idea that the farmers were often working outdoors, in bent over positions, that caused their necks to be sunburned
- REDNECK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
REDNECK definition: 1 an offensive word for a white person who is considered to be poor and uneducated, especially one… Learn more
- REDNECK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If someone describes a White person, especially a lower class American from the countryside, as a redneck, they disapprove of that person because they think he or she is uneducated and has strong, unreasonable opinions
- redneck - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
redneck (plural rednecks) (slang, US, usually derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted
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