redneck
noun/ˈɹɛdnɛk/
Etymology Bahuvrīhi compound of red + neck. Compare rooinek. The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields.
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Broadly, Derogatory yokel, hick, country bumpkin
- Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check1989, “Fight the Power”, in Fear of a Black Planet, performed by Public Enemy:
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US, Historical, Slang Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
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US, Historical, Slang A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.
- Derived terms
- blackneck, Fredneck, leftneck, redneckery, redneckese, redneck hot tub, redneckian, redneckification, redneckish, redneckism, redneckitis, redneck jacuzzi, rednecky