peckerwood
Poor white insult
Peckerwood is a derogatory term for a white person, especially a poor rural white Southerner.
The word originally referred to a woodpecker, with the reversal suggesting inversion or backwardness.
In prison slang, peckerwood (or just wood) specifically denotes a white inmate, often one affiliated with white supremacist groups: The peckerwoods run that cell block.
One prejudiced by ethnicity
- white-supremacistOne believing their race superior
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- hate-speechLanguage attacking identity groups
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
derogatory · insult · Aryan · skinhead · contempt · disparagement · denigration · prejudice
racist
One prejudiced by ethnicity
- white-supremacistOne believing their race superior
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- hate-speechLanguage attacking identity groups
pejorative · derogatory · insult · Aryan · skinhead · contempt · disparagement · denigration · prejudice · intolerance
sapsucker
Bird feeding on tree fluids
- flickerUnsteady, brief light
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- insectivoreOrganism eating bugs primarily
beak · plumage · crest · bark · foraging · ornithology · avian · feathers · flight · species
peckerwoodaristocrat
Person of noble birth
blue blood · patrician · gentleman · elite · highborn