I hope this is not offensive to anyone I am just curious
2007-09-30 08:48:01 · 8 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Is this a derogatory term, I have seen it used in films and I cant make up my mind ?
2007-09-30 08:59:20 · update #1
Sorry, I will have to let the voters choose an answer as I dont know which is the correct one.
2007-09-30 22:41:05 · update #2
It would come from someone having a sunburn on his neck, meaning they work outside all day. As opposed to someone who works in an office all day.
2007-09-30 08:52:06 · answer #1 · answered by Vultureman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a derogatory term to mean someone who is inbred, especially people from the South or those who think or act like them. It is believed that down South in rural areas, incest is common, so families may have some inbreeding which causes mutations such as an actual "red neck".
Today, the term is used in a generic sense to describe someone who is conservative, Christian, has old-fashioned values, enjoys hunting or has guns/rifles, lives in the country in a poor home with old, dead cars littering their front yard.
2007-09-30 16:08:16 · answer #2 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well i'm from the south and red neck (from what others say.. i never knew what it meant until i asked or just figured it out) means this:
It refers to a.. white man (no offense) whose neck turns red from the sun.
Its also been refered to people that live kind of old-fashioned, have heavy southern accents, like to hunt, drive muddy pick-up trucks and rev the engine really loud on the streets and wave the confederate flag. hehe
2007-09-30 16:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by MedTq367 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The word redneck derived from people who worked outside, like in fields doing manual labor, but they did the work instead of using horses or cattle, this inturn caused them to get a red neck, but as these people worked hard they tend to play hard too. So to this day it is for people who work hard and play hard, just that most of these people tend to live in Georgia and love in trailers.
Al....
2007-09-30 15:59:44 · answer #4 · answered by alser 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it was a term used for hillbillies, mainly why is of the red scarf around their necks mainly Irish or Celtic people wore them.
2007-09-30 15:59:12 · answer #5 · answered by Rod T 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
from the research i could find, it comes from farmers working outside and having a "red neck" from getting sun burnt. hope this helps!
2007-09-30 15:51:22 · answer #6 · answered by worthy_of_love 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
cos those NASCAR loving dumbos are so thick theyre as thick as chickens with red necks
2007-09-30 15:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by Fur Q 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
racist ppl i think....
2007-09-30 15:51:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋