2006-12-23 23:50:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A poor, white, often rowdy southerner, usually one from a rural area. The word, which is sometimes derogatory, has its origins in the sunburned necks of farmers and outdoor laborers, and originally meant a poor farmer. southern folk = the back of whose necks were ridged and red from labor in the sun.'"
2006-12-23 23:55:26 · answer #1 · answered by ☼High☼Voltage☼Blonde☼ 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sunburn, from having to work outdoors all day.
A similar expression is used by white South Africans (many of whom are ethnically from the Netherlands), but when they say "rooinek" - Afrikaans (a dialect of Dutch) for redneck - they are referring to someone from Britain. The Dutch got there first, and many of their descendants regard the British as recent immigrants, whose necks have been burned by the fierce African sun.
2006-12-24 19:16:40 · answer #2 · answered by andrew f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You Must Be A Redneck If
* Your mom has to shave more times a month than your dad
* You see a bill board that says "Don't do crack" and it reminds you to pull up your pants.
* You stare at a carton of orange juice because it says "concentrate."
* Most of your teeth are on a chain around your neck.
* You hunt from your bedroom window.
* Your dad walks you to school because you're in the same grade.
* You refrigerate your food stamps.
* You use a 10 penny nail to pick your teeth after a night of road kill.
* Your idea of a loaded dishwasher is getting your wife drunk.
* You and your spouse get divorced and you are still relatives.
* You know instinctively that red wine goes with opossum.
2006-12-24 07:57:12 · answer #3 · answered by JOHN W 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋
A poor, white, often rowdy southerner, usually one from a rural area. The word, which is sometimes derogatory, has its origins in the sunburned necks of farmers and outdoor laborers, and originally meant a poor farmer. southern folk = the back of whose necks were ridged and red from labor in the sun.'"
2006-12-24 08:16:46 · answer #4 · answered by evilzorlac 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It came from the farmers in the south, who worked out in the sunshine, and their necks got sunburned, turning red. It was used in a derogatory manner.
2006-12-24 07:56:46 · answer #5 · answered by Beau R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
from people in the south that work out in the sun for long periods at a time their necks get sunburned.
2006-12-24 08:12:44 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from settlers moving ino the mid west of the USA and getting sunburn on their necks
2006-12-24 07:58:05 · answer #7 · answered by The Fat Controller 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Silly burnt sausage forgot to put your hat on in sun
2006-12-24 11:10:49 · answer #8 · answered by philf 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the sunburn you get on your neck
2006-12-24 07:53:09 · answer #9 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
haven't you seen their necks? I would have come up with the same word for them---
2006-12-24 07:52:52 · answer #10 · answered by erotikos_stratiotis 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋