coonass
noun/ˈkunæs/
Etymology Uncertain. Commonly explained through various dubious or outright disprovable folk etymologies, as discussed in Sexton's article Cajun or Coonass? Exploring Ethnic Labels in French Louisiana Regional Discourse (2009).
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Ethnic, Offensive, Slur, Sometimes A Cajun (a member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, living primarily in Southern Louisiana).
- Then I took off a-running like a motorcycle / Heard the bullets whining and the sirens wail / It took half the cops in Dallas County / Just to put one coonass boy in jail1971, Charlie Daniels, “Trudy”, in Charlie Daniels: