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(slang, US, usually, pejorative, 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 se

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(slang, US, usually, pejorative, 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.

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  • “Missiles were fired to celebrate the ceasefire holding. Kinda' like people firing shots into the sky during redneck weddings.”

  • “One of my favorite bits of all this insanity was the film about "see, if you're a trashy redneck and don't paint your fence you WILL DIE in a nuclear attack"”

Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
Origin: . Compare rooinek. The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “PROBATION (6 hours) Mr Ice Cream Glove Cspam ik contest winner proxy probation. redneck nazgul says: aaron rupar clause. Leper's Colony Entry”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Missiles were fired to celebrate the ceasefire holding. Kinda' like people firing shots into the sky during redneck weddings.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Now playing on 91.3 Ayclt FM: Northern Redneck by Aaron Lewis! Tune in now: https://radio.913aycltfm.com/listen/91.3_ayclt_fm/bluesky”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “One of my favorite bits of all this insanity was the film about "see, if you're a trashy redneck and don't paint your fence you WILL DIE in a nuclear attack"”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “This entire racist bigoted useless illiterate redneck white supremacist fascist authoritarian regime is full of adulterous rapist and pedophiles.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(by extension, pejorative) yokel, hick, country bumpkin.

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  • “The Indiana GOP voted down Trump's redistricting plan. Trump got pissed and primaried everyone who voted against him. Indiana voters just bounced 6 incumbents in favor of Trump's people. Indiana was, is, and always will be a redneck dump.”

Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
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  • “PROBATION (6 hours) Weka Cspam ik contest winner proxy probation. redneck nazgul says: punish with "racism is not a cheat code for life" Leper's Colony Entry”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Because most of the ICE agents seem to be assholes off of any redneck street in the US of A?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The Indiana GOP voted down Trump's redistricting plan. Trump got pissed and primaried everyone who voted against him. Indiana voters just bounced 6 incumbents in favor of Trump's people. Indiana was, is, and always will be a redneck dump.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Now playing on 91.3 Ayclt FM: Rolex® On A Redneck by Brantley Gilbert, Jason Aldean! Tune in now: https://radio.913aycltfm.com/listen/91.3_ayclt_fm/bluesky”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “PROBATION (6 hours) Buddykins Cspam ik contest winner proxy probation. redneck nazgul says: horny posting in cspam is forbidden. Leper's Colony Entry”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

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

Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
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