Peckerwood originally was used to describe the men who worked at Pecker's Wood Mills. James Pecker was a Yankee carpetbagger who built lumber mills in east Texas and Louisiana after the War Between The States, and who only hired White Southerners; therefore, those who worked at "Pecker's wood mills" became known as peckerwoods.
Over time, the term became popular in prison, as a way to distinguish White men whom were willing to fight and defend themselves in prison, from those who were willing to be victimized by others. To this day, various White prison gangs use the title proudly, and even the prison administration is particularly afraid of peckerwoods, even more so than they are of other gang members.
A peckerwood is essentially a White man, usually from the South and from a poor background, who shows little fear and is ready and willing to fight anyone who challenges or threatens him. Peckerwoods in many cases tend to spend years in and out of the prison system, as this willingness to engage in violence and refusal to accept social changes often results in long prison terms. Others eventually wise up and remove themselves from society, choosing to live in the mountains or the swamps of the South.
Over time, the term became popular in prison, as a way to distinguish White men whom were willing to fight and defend themselves in prison, from those who were willing to be victimized by others. To this day, various White prison gangs use the title proudly, and even the prison administration is particularly afraid of peckerwoods, even more so than they are of other gang members.
A peckerwood is essentially a White man, usually from the South and from a poor background, who shows little fear and is ready and willing to fight anyone who challenges or threatens him. Peckerwoods in many cases tend to spend years in and out of the prison system, as this willingness to engage in violence and refusal to accept social changes often results in long prison terms. Others eventually wise up and remove themselves from society, choosing to live in the mountains or the swamps of the South.
Example 1:
Inmate Tyrone: "Man, we should go and fuck that White boy over there..."
Inmate Jerome: "Nah, son, he a peckerwood- he'll get all his homeboys after us!"
Example 2:
Officer Jackson: "Inmate, get your ass in the cell!"
Inmate Hank: "Fuck you coon!" (throws object at officer)
Example 3:
Billy: "Hey lets go and hang out down by the bowling alley..."
Peckerwood : (grabs baseball bat)
Billy: "What you need that for?"
Peckerwood: "Damn spics down there..."
Inmate Tyrone: "Man, we should go and fuck that White boy over there..."
Inmate Jerome: "Nah, son, he a peckerwood- he'll get all his homeboys after us!"
Example 2:
Officer Jackson: "Inmate, get your ass in the cell!"
Inmate Hank: "Fuck you coon!" (throws object at officer)
Example 3:
Billy: "Hey lets go and hang out down by the bowling alley..."
Peckerwood : (grabs baseball bat)
Billy: "What you need that for?"
Peckerwood: "Damn spics down there..."
by AngrySoutherner April 17, 2022
Get the peckerwoodmug. Bart has a peckerwood, his last girlfriend told me how small it was!
Girl: He had tiny penis!
Girl2: HAHAHAH I'm going to tell everyone!
girl: HAHAH yah, his cock looked like a tiny little pen.
Girl2: HAHAHA Thats called a peckerwood!
Girl: He had tiny penis!
Girl2: HAHAHAH I'm going to tell everyone!
girl: HAHAH yah, his cock looked like a tiny little pen.
Girl2: HAHAHA Thats called a peckerwood!
by b250 December 6, 2006
Get the peckerwoodmug. A derogatory term used by blacks for white males. The idea being that they don't know how to use their peckers. And that their peckers have as much feeling as a piece of wood. With a connotation that their minds aren't very sensitive either.
by laughingdragon September 4, 2006
Get the peckerwoodmug. derogatory term for a white male, primarily used by african americans
this term came about in part because of the stereotype that African American males have bigger peckers than white males and know how to use them: they can have slow sex with their women because of the size of their peckers and their mad skills. on the other hand, white males stereotypically have smaller peckers and thus must thrust very fast like a wood pecker pecking wood in order to please their women with said peckers. therefore white males are peckerwoods also an inversion of the word "woodpecker."
this term came about in part because of the stereotype that African American males have bigger peckers than white males and know how to use them: they can have slow sex with their women because of the size of their peckers and their mad skills. on the other hand, white males stereotypically have smaller peckers and thus must thrust very fast like a wood pecker pecking wood in order to please their women with said peckers. therefore white males are peckerwoods also an inversion of the word "woodpecker."
by aerynNIsquared February 21, 2009
Get the peckerwoodmug. A detrimental comment usually alikened to calling someone a penis. Used in a few rare films with great hilarity
by Crispin Whattley September 13, 2005
Get the peckerwoodmug. Personally-insecure male (usually Caucasian) between ages 19 and 29 who over-gels the top front of his short stringy hair, wears MMA attire or "rapper" fasions, tries in vain to talk in street-lingo and has a very tight leash on his girlfriend who hates him (she's often too young). He typically displays his insecurity when a real man comes around by chirping like an irritating little parakeet.
The Peckerwood-Jackass is also a semi-stalker because he will even snoop around his girlfriend's workplace to make sure she's not being hit on by other guys, though he lacks enough heart to confront the other men, he'll just take it out on her when she gets home.
The Peckerwood-Jackass is also a semi-stalker because he will even snoop around his girlfriend's workplace to make sure she's not being hit on by other guys, though he lacks enough heart to confront the other men, he'll just take it out on her when she gets home.
Dana wore too much damn gel in his short hair and always made it a point to escort his 18-year old girlfriend everywhere she went, even while she's walking her dog and stalking her at her job because he was afraid of other guys hitting on her. He's a Peckerwood-Jackass!
by KnightWrite July 8, 2010
Get the PECKERWOOD-JACKASSmug. by rojelio May 13, 2005
Get the peckerwood possemug.