There are so many people who think that they are rednecks and really aren't. But does anyone really wonder what each word means or where it started? Your fixin' to find out:
Redneck is a derogatory slang term used in reference to poor, uneducated white farmers, especially from the Southern United States. The term characterized farmers having a red neck caused by sunburn from hours working in the fields. A citation from 1893 provides a definition as "poorer inhabitants of the rural districts...men who work in the field, as a matter of course, generally have their skin stained red and burnt by the sun, and especially is this true of the back of their necks
But many members of the Southern community have proudly embraced the term as a self-identifier.
Hillbilly is a term (often derogatory) for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas primarily in Appalachia but also parts of the Ozarks in the United States. Owing to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term can be offensive to those Americans of Appalachian heritage. Origins of the term "hillbilly" are obscure.
Southerner is a broad term that describes someone that lives below the Mason-Dixon Line. used mostly to describe those who live in the Deep South.
Does any of that clear it up for you?
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