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redneck

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Now, moving from an area with lots of drive-by's to an area with redneck neighbors spontaneously shooting in their backyards was an adjustment.

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Quick take

(by extension, derogatory) yokel, hick, country bumpkin

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of redneck gathered in one view.

noun

(by extension, derogatory) yokel, hick, country bumpkin

noun

(historical, slang, US) Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.

noun

(historical, slang, US) A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for redneck.

noun

(by extension, derogatory) yokel, hick, country bumpkin

noun

(historical, slang, US) Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.

noun

(historical, slang, US) A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.

noun

(UK, archaic, 19th and 20th centuries, religious slur) A Roman Catholic.

Example sentences

1

Now, moving from an area with lots of drive-by's to an area with redneck neighbors spontaneously shooting in their backyards was an adjustment.

2

I take issue with the implication that anyone that makes a redneck joke is infringing on Jeff Foxworthy's copyrights/trademarks.

3

It's 100% inclusive and it doesn't make you sound like a redneck.

4

Yeah I have to agree too, regardless of the statistic it felt like an antiquated joke made by a redneck.

5

It's like the old joke: what are every true redneck's last words?

6

I thought about creating a redneck CDN using some unmetered servers for the base load and 10TB servers for peak load.

7

When poor or redneck Whites live in their own way, the are characterized as uneducated violent brutes who are in need of education and culture.

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> They're just people who have a bit of a redneck streak, are into country music, hunting, etc.

9

I wasn't aware that because I don't buy into the AGW religion that I was a Joe Redneck from the Bible Belt.

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My gut reaction ( being an anglo, American, redneck, privileged, don't tread on me kind of person ) is that this is horrible.

11

So they want redneck patriotism, basically?

12

I never really met any redneck UU folks either.

Quote examples

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I'm not sure that "redneck" qualifies as a racial slur, nor that we should never have words that describe different cultural groups.

2

The entire Red Hat corporation has been like this since about the 5.2 release, when they removed "Redneck" as a system language option.

3

I like how you phrased these in "You know you're a redneck if.." format.

4

Still, it's plain wrong to lay claim to the use of the word "redneck" like this, and I'd like to think it's knee-jerk lawyers gone amok, but who knows.

Proper noun examples

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You don't get all angry about Jeff Foxworthy's You Might be a Redneck, right?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use redneck in a sentence?

Now, moving from an area with lots of drive-by's to an area with redneck neighbors spontaneously shooting in their backyards was an adjustment.

What does redneck mean?

(by extension, derogatory) yokel, hick, country bumpkin

What part of speech is redneck?

redneck is commonly used as noun.