noun

• a person from a rural area; UNCOOL. Likely a shortened form of "Alabama," a southern state in the US.

  That Sissy character from down south is a real bamma.

  by Demetrius Scruggs, FL, USA, Dec 22 1997.

• a person who dresses or acts outside of the norm, as if possibly from a rural area.

  Look at that bamma over there!

  by Vidamo J., Mar 29 2004.

noun

• abbreviated form of hillbilly.

  Dude, he is such a billy!

  by Bo D., Gary, IN, USA, May 21 2002.

noun

• a person from a rural area; UN-HIP, BUMPKIN.

  Anyone living outside of Manhattan is a hayseed.

  by JB Chambers, New York, NY, USA, Sep 14 1997.

noun

• a person from a rural area.

  Missouri is full of hicks.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Oct 01 2001.

noun

• an uncultured person who lives in a rural area.

  All farmers are hillbillies.

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

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.

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

• nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.

  by Anonymous, Jul 29 2002.

noun

• a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; BUMPKIN. Literally: a person whose jaw hangs open. It's suggested that the individual is either too lazy to hold their jaw closed or is too stupid to notice.

  by Eric W. Carden, Huntsville, AL, USA, Sep 11 1997.

adjective

• in the manner of a slack-jaw. Also slack-jawed yokel.

  by Eric W. Carden, Huntsville, AL, USA, Sep 11 1997.

noun

• a person who lives in a rural area.

  That guy is such a stick!

  by Jay W., Powell River, BC, Canada, Mar 11 1998.

• person. From stickman. (East Coast US slang.)

  You can't be movin' on her, stick. She my bitch.

  by Randall M., Jun 20 2009.

verb

• to punch.

  If you don't shut up I'll stick you in the face.

  by John D., Nov 01 1999.

• to stab.

  Shut your mouth or I'll stick ya!

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 04 2009.

noun

• a derogatory term for people who are poor.

  by Kevin H., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA, Nov 29 2001.

origin

• From the stereotype that poor people (especially in the midwestern United States) live in trailer-homes.

  by Kevin H., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA, Nov 29 2001.

other

• phonetic abbreviation for white trash. Used to be discreet when white trash are near.

  Check out the mullet on that Whiskey Tango at the end of the bar!

  by Jimi, Sacramento, CA, USA, May 15 2007.

noun

• poor people that do not attempt to hide their lack of money. They live in filth (e.g. rusting cars and old kitchen appliances fill the front yard,) they are poorly educated, they don't care about their appearance (e.g. they are poorly groomed and overweight, wear dirty and tattered clothes,) et cetera. Though "white trash" can live anywhere, they are indigenous to the midwestern and southern United States.

  90% of my school is white trash.

  by Sarah C., OH, USA, Mar 15 1998.

• people of any socioeconomic status or education level, but who live in squalor.

  by Kerri L., Southfield, MI 48034, USA, Aug 20 2008.