Possible source: the story of King David's lineage. According to midrash (exegetical works on the Bible), his father Jesse separated from his mother due to concern about his own Jewish lineage with the intent not to procreate with her any longer. He planned to have more children with a non-Jewish maidservant who instead conspired with his wife to allow her to be with him one more time. She conceived and when it became apparent that she was pregnant the family wanted to ostracize her for her suspected infidelity. Her youngest son David (who is described in the Bible as being of ruddy complexion and having red hair) was shunned by the rest of Jesse's children - they wouldn't allow him to eat at the family table, and purposely assigned him to the role of shepherd in the hopes that he'd be devoured by wild animals. It wasn't until the prophet Samuel anointed him as the successor to Saul as King of Israel that doubts of his lineage were laid to rest.
Stepchild can be seen as a euphemism for bastard.
Stepchild can be seen as a euphemism for bastard.
by RoninerHasid June 07, 2016
Term from rural America describing person who is socially outcast and easily picked on. Usually meeting the business end of a fist, boot, broomstick, bat, broken bottle, and/or foreign objects of injurious force. Often at the end of the tag line, "I'll beat you like a..."
"Hey you boy, yeah you. We don't take kindly to new folk lookin' funny like that. You best be leavin' or I'll beat you like a red-headed stepchild"
by Bloody Abo September 05, 2006
Noun/Adjective: When someone is extremely undesirable and irrelevant in a group. In some instances you can refer to objects as such.
Timothy: Dude Charlie is like the red headed stepchild of this hockey team.
Mark: Dude I know, I’m trying to go full send but he is always in the way
Mark: Dude I know, I’m trying to go full send but he is always in the way
by John Martian November 29, 2017
by |darc| December 08, 2002
According to popular belief red headed stepchildren are prone to severe discipline problems, rebelliousness and promiscuity.
Kena is such a red headed stepchild...no really she is she's run away from home as a kid and has slept with 400 guys.
by Sprydle March 11, 2005
Usually the most loved child in a familial unit. (Step)Parents pride this child for their distinct good looks and amazing personality. Women LOVE a redhead. That's a fact.
Supermodel: "oh, look that sexy red headed stepchild!"
Supermodel 2: "I know! I just want to eat him all up!"
Supermodel 2: "I know! I just want to eat him all up!"
by Gingerton April 08, 2008
by hans-åke December 20, 2008