redneck

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  1. noun Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a member of the white rural laboring class, especially in the southern United States.
  2. noun Offensive Slang A white person regarded as having a provincial, conservative, often bigoted attitude.

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  • I was a redneck, and I was more radical than that poser Whatever. —  EQMM,November2007
  • While this kind of "America, F___ Yeah!" attitude might have seemed like a redneck-only value a few years ago, the new pro-America vibe seems to have risen from genuine happiness in having a competent leader like —  The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories
  • The term redneck most likely got started as a way of referring to the sun-burned red necks of people who worked in the fields all day. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The term redneck most likely got started as a way of ... —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • They had a few days of calling [Sarah Palin] a clueless redneck, a stewardess, a nonentity, and she has hurled that back in their bleeding gums. —  phillyBurbs.com
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