different between redneck vs shitkicker

English

Etymology

Compound of red +? neck. Compare rooinek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???dn?k/

Noun

redneck (plural rednecks)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white and male, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and northeast, especially one who is unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
2. (historical, slang, US) Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
3. (historical, slang, US) A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.
4. (Britain, archaic, 19th and 20th centuries) A Roman Catholic.

Synonyms

• bogan (Australia), cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash

Derived terms

• redneckish
• redneckism
• rednecky

Translations

References

English

Etymology

shit +? kicker

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?k?k?(?)/

Noun

shitkicker (plural shitkickers)

1. (US, slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) A workboot.
2. (US, slang, vulgar, offensive) A poor, rural person, especially from the southern United States.

   Synonym: redneck

3. (US, slang, vulgar) Something unusually unpleasant or difficult.

Further reading

• “shitkicker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• http://www.yourdictionary.com/shitkicker