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Çomar
Çomar is a Turkish slang word used to refer to Stereotype, stereotypical bigoted, religious, lumpen, uncultured and uneducated Turks perceived as blindly supporting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Background The word was originally used to refer to large Sheep dog, sheepdogs in rural Anatolia known for their unquestionable loyalty to their owner. After the Gezi Park protests, Çomar became a term used against Erdoğan supporters. The word is essentially a Turkish version of "redneck". The Turkish Language Association gave another meaning of the word as "an intolerant, rude, aggressive person". See also * Redneck * Gopnik References {{DEFAULTSORT:Comar Turkish words and phrases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redneck
''Redneck'' is a derogatory term mainly applied to white Americans perceived to be crass and unsophisticated, closely associated with rural whites of the southern United States.Harold Wentworth, and Stuart Berg Flexner, ''Dictionary of American Slang'' (1975) p. 424. Its meaning possibly stems from the sunburn found on farmers' necks dating back to the late 19th century. Authors Joseph Flora and Lucinda MacKethan describe the stereotype as follows: :''Redneck'' is a derogatory term currently applied to some lower-class and working-class southerners. The term, which came into common usage in the 1930s, is derived from the redneck's beginnings as a "yeoman farmer" whose neck would burn as he or she toiled in the fields. These yeoman farmers settled along the Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina coasts. Its modern usage is similar in meaning to ''Cracker (pejorative), cracker'' (especially regarding Texas, Georgia, and Florida), ''hillbilly'' (especially regarding Appalac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
