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history of term
does anyone know the history behind the the slur/label REDNECK eminating out of the deep south of the united states?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It is a reference to the look of deeply sunburned necks from spending a working life bent over in the fields in the glaring sun.
Equivalent to our country bumkin I suppose.
Everything you could possibly want to know, and more, about rednecks here:
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Equivalent to our country bumkin I suppose.
Everything you could possibly want to know, and more, about rednecks here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rednecks
Also, it mean: A white person regarded as having a provincial, conservative, often bigoted attitudes: A slang term, usually for a rural white southerner who is politically conservative, racist, and a religious fundamentalist (see fundamentalism). This term is generally considered offensive. It originated in reference to agricultural workers, alluding to how the back of a person's neck will be burned by the sun if he works long hours in the fields.
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