by TheOneCracker:) August 04, 2020
A "talker" in the sense of a Gaelic word meaning talk..."craic". The term was originally used to describe Scots, Irish and Ulster-Scots and -Irish (many of whom settled in the Southern US) with the "gift of gab". As these folks were almost exclusively Caucasian, it somehow (don't know) evolved into a derogatory term for them.
by An Ulster Scot August 20, 2006
A loud bigoted white person. See also Poor White Trash The first recognized usage of the term can be traced to a letter to The Earl of Dartmouth in 1766. By the 19th century, the term was commonly used by more affluent whites to insult poorer whites.
Certain WHINY white people who rather like to imagine themselves victims of 'reverse racism' fail to realize the term Cracker oiginated from the British who looked down on poor American white people. They should learn read books before they type inane half truths on the internet.
by anonygirl October 28, 2005
by dakd420 May 15, 2009
American slang for a Southern white man, used as a slur to suggest white trashiness, an uneducated, low-class or poor man. Derived from those who would distill moonshine liquor from fermentation of dried, cracked corn.
"You know, they think that because of who I am and where my political base has traditionally been, they may want me to go sort of hustle up what Lawton Chiles used to call the 'cracker vote' there." - President Bill Clinton, 2008. on Larry King Live (CNN).
by allelulia January 14, 2016
Cracker is an adjective that means excellent or superior. An English word originating in the 18th century. Crack is the shortened version.
by Slang=ignorance December 27, 2017
Crackers were poor white folk who lived in the south during the antebellum era. Given their name because of their staple diet of crack-corn, crackers were often hired by plantation owners in order to replace a slave in dangerous jobs. The high prices of slaves during the 1830s and 40s made It efficient to use a cracker rather than a slave. If a planter lost or injured a slave he would be pressed to buy another slave, but if the cracker got injured or died, finacially, the planter would have been unaffected. Crackers had a very low standard of living. Many of them lived in forests and dug holes in the ground to live in. despite their living conditions and their social status, crackers stilled believed they were better than the african slaves. Today, cracker is often used as a derogatory term for a white person for obvious reasons. It implies a person who lives in the utmost worst conditions and a person who no one really cares about.
Southern Women: We have some water dripping into the house. I think it is comin from the roof.
Southern plantation owner: I'll get a cracker to fix it.
Southern plantation owner: I'll get a cracker to fix it.
by Half and Half May 06, 2008