good ol' boys
Small-town insiders club
Good ol' boys are white Southern men who embody a particular rural, working-class identity—friendly among themselves, resistant to outsiders and change, often with conservative politics and traditional values.
The term can be affectionate or critical depending on speaker: He's one of the good ol' boys from back home versus The good ol' boy network kept women out of management.
Also spelled good old boys.
- Southern heritageCultural traditions of Dixie
- rebel flagConfederate battle ensign
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- Southern United StatesFormer Confederate states region
stubbornness · camaraderie · fishing trips · beer drinking · country music · Friday night lights · resilience · storytelling · masculinity · small-town dynamics · front porch · humor · self-reliance · folk wisdom · fraternity · hospitality · yes ma'am · work ethic
good ol' boysoutsiders
Those not belonging
newcomers · interlopers · carpetbaggers · city slickers · strangers
good ol' boyscoastal elites
Prosperous city-dwellers by sea
city slickers · cosmopolitans · urban elites · Yankees · intellectuals
good ol' boysreformers
Advocates for institutional improvement
whistleblowers · change agents · muckrakers · marginalized groups · underdogs