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blackneck

noun

Etymology

Blend of black + redneck.

  1. derived from *knog-✻
  2. inherited from *hnakkô✻ — “nape, neck”
  3. inherited from hnecca
  4. inherited from nekke
  5. compounded as redneck — “red + neck”
  6. compounded as blackneck — “black + redneck”

Definitions

  1. A redneck of black ethnicity.

    • The statement that really floored me was: "This state is going to be run by blacknecks and rednecks! We're going to make it a Promised Land!"
    • […] the rednecks and blacknecks, the crackers and niggers, the Abners and Sambos, Homer and Jethro standing alongside Amos and Andy, […]

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