(n)A rural white male lacking employable skills or education, who receives or benefits indirectly or is directly dependent on federal or state government financially or via services, but also can include support by charity, community, parental or other dependance. Some welfare cowboys also denounce or are activly hostile towards their government at varying levels, posess extremist tendancies and in-group isolation, high susceptibility to peer pressure, marketing and branding, and hold prevalance of racist, antisocial and obstructionist propaganda.

(n)A welfare queen in a cowboy hat.
(n) Males (often angry or pre-instigated) are overarmed and uneducated, holding beliefs of dominance and entitlement, consume all resources around them, and hold disregard or ignorance for out-groups, social laws, public land usage and ecology. Welfare cowboys in certain cases can commit seditious criminal conspiracy, decade-lasting damage to lands though ranching practices, hunting camps and refuse, and pursue numerouns vanities including large trucks guns and toys. Many hold credit card and high interest debt exceeding $10,000 or are otherwise financally insolvent. Abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and meat/carb heavy diet lead to myriad health problems and medical expenses furthering welfare depenance
Female: Welfare Sow. Can posesses same attributes as male, or unique traits beyond, typically prescrition drug abuse, depression, strong religious tendencies and xenophobia.

Noun: a friend who is usually only called upon by a friend when a more primary/prominent friend is unavailable.

Taken from the term “second string” in an athletic competition situation. In football, if the star quarterback gets injured during a play, the second string is called off the bench to replace him/her. A “Second String Friend” is essentially benched until needed, if ever.

Synonyms: Plan B, Second Choice, Secondary Friend, Benched Until Needed