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
From: "Peckerwood Nation" www.dailykos.com \storyonly/2006/6/28/181447/773
by Bry Hink November 25, 2006
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.
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.
by SuezeeSmurd November 6, 2018
by Em J November 28, 2005
a racial name for white people , like cracker and peckerwood. A name used by other races to name a white person.
by horuspeckerwood April 14, 2018
by Tim June 17, 2006
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.
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.
That Peckerwood looks fine, he sure is a mighty fine nazi with his aryan look, he is sure to please all the fine featherwoods.
by MJ68 May 9, 2006
by Tim June 17, 2006