Yokel
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"One day, when Jean-Jacques Rousseau was travelling through a crowded village, he was insulted by a yokel whose spirit delighted the crowd. Rousseau, confused and discountenanced, couldn't think of a word in reply and was forced to take to his heels amidst the jeers of the crowd. By the time he had finally regained his composure and thought of a thousand possible retorts, any one of which would have silenced the joker once and for all, he was at two hours distance from the village." |
Yokel (also commonly known as "Hicks") is a derogatory term to refer to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. In America, is commonly used as a derogatory term for someone from the rural South; the word is almost synonymous with Bumpkin.
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See also
- Boondocks
- City slicker
- Hillbilly
- Moonrakers
- Moonshiner
- Mountain men
- NASCAR dad
- Okie
- Redneck
- Chukchi Jokes
- Teuchter
