redneck

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹɛdnɛk/ === Noun === redneck (plural rednecks) (slang, US, usually derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted. (by extension, derogatory) yokel, hick, country bumpkin Synonyms: (Australia) bogan, cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash; see also Thesaurus:chav, Thesaurus:country bumpkin (historical, slang, US) Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921. (historical, slang, US) A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859. (UK, archaic, 19th and 20th centuries, religious slur) A Roman Catholic. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===