2007-01-12 02:14:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
People who live in Oklahoma?
A migrant farm worker from the south-central United States, especially one seeking work in the West or Southwest during the 1930s and 1940s
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Both are considered "slang" and "rude"
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2007-01-12 02:16:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was an offensive slang word used to discribe a migrant farm worker from the South Central United States, especially one seeking work in the West or Southwest during the 1930's and 40's,
2007-01-12 02:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People from Oklahoma are sometimes called Okies.
2007-01-12 02:21:19 · answer #3 · answered by michael f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Offensive Slang. A migrant farm worker from the south-central United States, especially one seeking work in the West or Southwest during the 1930s and 1940s.
2) Slang. A native or inhabitant of Oklahoma
2007-01-12 02:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by dontknow 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
aside from Oklahoma which people already touched on, i've seen okies used in forums as an alternative to OK or OKAY
2007-01-12 06:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Oklahoma and they call us Okies, It's just like saying yankie people who are from new york or up north
2007-01-12 02:18:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It refers to people from the state of Oklahoma
2007-01-12 02:18:44 · answer #7 · answered by workinclassjane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a derogatory term for Oklahomans, meaning poor, ignorant, uneducated and inbred, it did come in to use during the dust bowl days of the depression, when many Oklahoma farmers left to find jobs elsewhere as their farms blew away in th drought.
2007-01-12 02:21:11 · answer #8 · answered by Rides365 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What does the term "Mean Okie" mean?
2015-04-03 11:09:20 · answer #9 · answered by terry b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
slang for people that live in oklahoma
2007-01-12 02:17:51 · answer #10 · answered by Bighorn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋