Someone who is a crackerjack, is someone who is greatly humourous, and is able to "crack" you up, i.e, induce a great amount of laughter from you.
by Mister Schmidt May 23, 2010
Get the Crackerjack mug.The popular folk etymology is based on slaver foremen using bullwhips to discipline African slaves, and the sound the whip being described as 'cracking the whip'. The foremen who cracked these whips were thus known as crackers.
According to the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, "cracker" is a term of contempt for the "poor" or "mean whites," particularly of Georgia and Florida. Britannica notes that the term dates back to the American Revolution, and is derived from the "cracked corn" which formed their staple food. (Note that in British English "mean" is a term for poverty, not malice.)
According to the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, "cracker" is a term of contempt for the "poor" or "mean whites," particularly of Georgia and Florida. Britannica notes that the term dates back to the American Revolution, and is derived from the "cracked corn" which formed their staple food. (Note that in British English "mean" is a term for poverty, not malice.)
In John Boorman's 1972 film Deliverance, Lewis, played by Burt Reynolds, derisively refers to the rural people they encounter as being "crackers", implying that they were slow-witted hillbillies who lived in a world much different from that of him and his friends from a southern city.
by Boxer25 August 1, 2007
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A term used in the friendliest manner and used for greeting by all races except Elmer Fudds, then pronounced kwacker and exclaimed with malice. Possible origin of word from early 19th century(1810 to 1840) coined when the sound of the whip was the slave's (usually black) or the endentured servant's (usually white,latino,or asian)or the employee's/associate's (with a healthy salary/401k/IRA/HMO/pph's etc.) call to pick up the pace at any given jobsite. Whether it be cotton fields,railroad tracks,bridges,tunnels, or any other private or municipal project that required a large work force therefore an inherent high number of slackers(pre-union era)made it necessary to get the attention of said unmotivated workers,By making the end of a bullwhip travel faster than the speed of sound("cracking noise") The technique, when practiced regularly can cause an adequate statement of authority. The man/or woman dealing out this authority was called "the cracker".
All those middle class people are just standing in line, getting ready to graze, at the cracker barrel. If their was a head cracker in charge I'll bet the line would be moving faster. "cracker pleease?!".
by terryzz February 17, 2009
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A white house niggah.
A white house niggah.
That poor house cracker lost his job to outsourcing, his house to the bank and still voted for McCain.
by Momus40 October 30, 2011
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A combination of the name of U.S.A. president Barack Obama, who appears ever more likely to be a suffer of mental illness, and the slang phrase for insanity " animal crackers."
A combination of the name of U.S.A. president Barack Obama, who appears ever more likely to be a suffer of mental illness, and the slang phrase for insanity " animal crackers."
It is difficult to decide which head of a government is loonier, but Mugabe and Ahmadinejad are clearly obama crackers.
by RTHTGakaRoland November 9, 2010
Get the obama crackers mug.A racist term towards white people. For some reason blacks can call us honkey or cracker(not that any of us really care)but we all now that the only reason the government doesnt do something about it is because we dont want blacks to bitch even more. kind of like a toddler, you give him what he wants so he stops complaning.
Black guy:you cracker mothafucka!
White guy:fuck you nigger
Crowed: hey get that guy he said the N word hes a racist!
white guy: but he called me a honkey
black guy:that ill show you not to be racist hockey bitch!
White guy:fuck you nigger
Crowed: hey get that guy he said the N word hes a racist!
white guy: but he called me a honkey
black guy:that ill show you not to be racist hockey bitch!
by narglertarbler January 6, 2008
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some people, like me, are not ashamed of being crackers and embrace their whiteness, however dorky.
see Dave Chappelle's hilarious impersonations of white people for an example of crackerliness.
some people, like me, are not ashamed of being crackers and embrace their whiteness, however dorky.
see Dave Chappelle's hilarious impersonations of white people for an example of crackerliness.
well goshdarn it folks, I'm a cracker and I sure am proud of it. now I'm gonna go play golf and eat parsnips with my buds from the mayonnaise factory!
by Cracker Mcwhitey December 15, 2004
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