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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
Doesn't it refer to the men who used to work in the fields and on the roads and generally the poor segment of the population who when working would have their necks burnt red.
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Close enough to the original meaning to get a B+.
However, the new meaning, from Wikipedia:
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By the 1970s, the term .... expanded its meaning to mean bigoted, loutish and opposed to modern ways...
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Which is why Don Cherry was being called a redneck long before Jeff Foxworthy got a hold of the term.