adjective, noun. Word used to describe rural Americans or things associated with them and implies haveing lower standards of income and education. Includes but is not limited to those who live in the Appalacian Mountain Range, the Deep South, and the Mid West. Coined during the West Virgina Mine Wars were mine workers tied red bandanas around there neck as a form of uniform during mine strikes.
We don't want to drive by that red neck trailer park.
Scottish "Covenanters" or Presbyterians who rejected the Catholic and Anglican churches to signify their status as Covenanters adopted wearing red neckerchiefs. They were soon called “red necks.” These same Scots immigrated to the region around Ulster Ireland and finally the new world in the American Colonies. Their descendants inhabited most of the southern and rural places of the United States.
If you get your nipple bitten off by a beaver, you might be a redneck.
If when you walk your dog you both use the tree in the corner, you might be a redneck.
If someone ever told you that you're lying through your tooth, you might be a redneck.
If someone tells you that you have something stuck in your teeth and you take them out to see what it is, you might be a redneck.
If you think N-Sync is where your dirty dishes are, you might be a redneck.
Originally defining a person from south of "the Mason-Dixon line", can be best used to describe someone who is closed-minded, unwilling to accept others, etc. Also inbred and racist can be used to define a redneck. Usually a fan of "Blue Collar TV" and Jeff Foxworthy. Often says "Y'all".
"Hell, I'm proud to be a red neck. Y'all wanna beer? I got some PBR! Fresh outta the fridge!"