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Cracker (slur)
Cracker, sometimes cracka or white cracker, is a List of ethnic slurs, racial slur directed at white people, used especially with regard to Poor Whites, poor rural whites in the Southern United States. Also referred by the euphemistic contraction C-word, it is commonly a pejorative, though is also used in a neutral context, particularly in reference to a native of Florida or Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia (see Florida cracker and Georgia cracker). Origin of the term The exact history and origin of the term is debated. According to one theory, it is an agent noun derived from the verb ''crack'', meaning "to boast". The use of ''cracker'' to mean "braggart" dates back to the 16th century and can be seen for example in William Shakespeare's ''The Life and Death of King John, King John'' (c. 1595): "What cracker is this same that deafs our ears with this abundance of superfluous breath?" The word was later documented describing a group of "Celtic immigrants, Scotch-Irish Americans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Crackers 1873
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the female given name * Georgia (musician) (born 1990), English singer, songwriter, and drummer Georgia Barnes Places Historical polities * Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom * Kingdom of Eastern Georgia, a late medieval kingdom * Kingdom of Western Georgia, a late medieval kingdom * Georgia Governorate, a subdivision of the Russian Empire * Georgia within the Russian Empire * Democratic Republic of Georgia, a country established after the collapse of the Russian Empire and later conquered by Soviet Russia. * Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a republic within the Soviet Union * Republic of Georgia (1990–1992), Republic of Georgia, a republic in the Soviet Union which, after the collapse of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
