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    A peckerwood is a rural white southerner, usually poor, undereducated or otherwise ignorant and bigoted, the term gained popularity in the deep south during the early twentieth century and was meant to be derogatory. It is a reversal of the name of the red bellied woodpecker which had a patch of red on the back of it’s head and neck, therefore a peckerwood is a redneck, terms that describe similar groups of people are trailer trash or white trash but neither of those have the same effect or ring to them as peckerwood does.
    From: Peckerwood Nation www.dailykos.com \storyonly/2006/6/28/181447/773

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      A derogatory slang for someone who is caucasion.

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        This is a term used primarily in prisons regarding skineheads, {aryans}, Nazis and just plain out white boys.

        It started out as a derogatory word used by the African Americans in the South to refer to white men, but the white men eventually picked it up and started using it for theirselves.

        Women are called Featherwoods It is the same reference.

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          A white person or craka

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            In prison, a white guy who will put up a fight.

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              Zipporah Schumaker
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              Racist term for white man. [honkey], [whitey], [cracker]

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                [White people] [who do] not [play].

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                  Usually used as a way to describe white guys who arent afraid to [fight] in [prison].

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                    A prison term describing someone of the [white race]. A [down ass] [whiteboy]. It takes more strength.. A down wood.

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                      noun and adjective

                      a; historically used by black [folks] in the past in a negative way to speak about or refer to white people they considered to be [trashy].
                      b; label used for [white gangster] in or out of prison.

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