Cracker, sometimes white cracker or cracka, is an ethnic slur for white people,1 used especially for poor rural whites in the Southern United States. It is also at times used indiscriminately and pejoratively against any person of white background. However, it is sometimes used in a neutral or positive context or self-descriptively with pride in reference to a native of Florida or Georgia (see Florida cracker and Georgia cracker).
On its own, the term jive was slang all the way back in the 1940s for, among other senses, actions that ranged from foolish and frivolous to vile and deceitful. It was in the 1970s, though, when calling these shady fools jive turkeys became a thing. Turkeys are known to gobble, adding to the sense of jive, and have been variously used to insult someone as “dull” or “worthless.”
Then, in 1974 the funk band the Ohio Players released the song “Jive Turkey,” which uses the phrase repeatedly in the lyrics: “Give me it straight baby / Jive turkey, jive turkey / Jive turkey / Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.” No doubt there are some sexual undertones here, with jive also historically referring to sex. The insult jive turkey also appeared on popular 1970s-1980s sitcoms, such as The Jeffersons.
On its own, the term jive was slang all the way back in the 1940s for, among other senses, actions that ranged from foolish and frivolous to vile and deceitful. It was in the 1970s, though, when calling these shady fools jive turkeys became a thing. Turkeys are known to gobble, adding to the sense of jive, and have been variously used to insult someone as “dull” or “worthless.”
Then, in 1974 the funk band the Ohio Players released the song “Jive Turkey,” which uses the phrase repeatedly in the lyrics: “Give me it straight baby / Jive turkey, jive turkey / Jive turkey / Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.” No doubt there are some sexual undertones here, with jive also historically referring to sex. The insult jive turkey also appeared on popular 1970s-1980s sitcoms, such as The Jeffersons.
by JHandy July 28, 2019
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Get the Egg Sandwich at Cracker Barrelmug. by I love Jyzette March 24, 2022
Get the crackermug. An uneducated white person from Florida or George Aka Handslaper also known as Johnathan Andrew Stowbridge or Solbert9854 on Fortnite
by Unknownusername42069 April 11, 2023
Get the Crackermug. by EliteJay April 3, 2021
Get the cocaine crackermug. It's a word that black people use for racism against white people for example the seaward as in cracker basically the word means a white person the reason that that happened is because black people came up with a word that annoys all of the white people in the whole world also the white people are using the words such as n wood which is also ni asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk
by Shhshshshshhshshdh October 13, 2021
Get the Crackermug. When a bunch of white dudes (Crackers) sit in a circle while masturbating, and proceed to ejaculate on themselves.
by BeefcakeFacrory45 April 7, 2024
Get the Cheese and Crackersmug.