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noun

• a person from a rural area. Origin: according to the stereotype (however accurate it may be,) people from rural areas spend a great deal of time working in the field. In doing so, the backs of their necks become sun burnt.

                                                                                                                                
  
                                                                 
  
                                                   
  
  Citation from "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows", Family Guy (TV), Season 3 Episode 17 (2002) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

                  
  
                                                                                            
  
                                                                              
  
  Citation from "Chapter 5", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2009) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: rural dweller.

  Last edited on Mar 01 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

• nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
  • See more words with the same meaning: rural dweller.

  Last edited on Jul 29 2002. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 29 2002.

noun - uncountable

• methamphetamine.

  You gots any more of that redneck cocaine?

  • See more words with the same meaning: stimulants (e.g. methamphetamines, caffeine).

  Last edited on Mar 01 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

noun - uncountable

• The Emerald Coast, an area of Florida, USA on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, between Pensacola and Port St. Joe. See also redneck.

  We're going to the Redneck Riviera this weekend.

  Last edited on Apr 03 2014. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

adjective

• "ridiculous".

  That suggestion was redonkulous.

  You are redonkulous.

  • See more words with the same meaning: wild, ridiculous, extreme.

  Last edited on May 10 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 08 2011.

origin

• Some claim the term is a blend of "ridiculous" + "donkey" (bad poker player.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  
                         
  
                                                          
  
                                                                                   
  
  Citation from Oath of Office (novel), Michael Palmer, 2012 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: games (related to).

  Last edited on Oct 16 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 27 2011.