One half redneck and one half Goth, the redneck part being evident only in the usually Southern speech pattern employed by this person and his or her family members (who are not normally interested in the Goth subculture). Therefore, the Gothneck attitude played out, the British Jack can be flown and black Doc Marten boots worn, but the perception of the world is still very backwoods and Southern.
Gothneck was first coined by a nondescript writer in 1993, in St. Augustine, Florida--a small town which at the time was the home of a disproportionate number of these black-clad teenagers and 20-somethings.
Gothneck was first coined by a nondescript writer in 1993, in St. Augustine, Florida--a small town which at the time was the home of a disproportionate number of these black-clad teenagers and 20-somethings.
Sarah liked it that the kids at school called her a Gothneck. She could think of no better way to describe the daughter of a bar-circuit Country singer and a former Goth from London.
by Scath October 25, 2015