What is a redneck?

A 'redneck' is someone who lives in a poor, small town that could be rural. They listen to country music, drink lots of beer, and are fans of Jerry Springer and other such shows. They love monster truck shows, food eating contests, big boobs, and cut off shorts.

Hahaha, it's a horrible stereotype. Google Jeff Foxworthy.


It is not God who kills the children... It’s us. Only us. -Rorschach

The word's origins refer to men who worked outside so much, the sun turned their necks red.

This word was a sneer on simple, hard-working country folks that people took to be ignorant because those people were basically ignorant and rude, and now the word has devolved even further to describe well, what everyone else is describing on this board. It is used rather loosely, like the term "trailer trash," which I abhor. Living in a mobile home makes you less well-off than many, but it doesn't make you trashy. Basically, these terms often reduce people to less than nothing.

I agree sometimes people are trashy, but a lot of times these terms get thrown around for people who are just "country." I guess Jeff Foxworthy's version of "redneck" is probably pretty benign and often funny though.


"I see the people from the big jet plane. The woman looks Teutonic. She drinks a vodka tonic ... "

I myself think it's putting a southerner down, but I could be wrong. However, although I live in FL, I'm originally from NY and probably picked that up there.