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Good ol' boy is a slang
Slang

Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language....
 term used, either to self-identify as or to refer to a male, usually white and of Northern/Western-European descent, who lives in a rural area and/or subscribes to a traditionally "rural
Rural

Rural areas are large and isolated areas of a country, often with low populations. Today, 75 percent of the United States' inhabitants live in suburban and urban areas, but cities occupy only 2 percent of the country....
" lifestyle. The term is generally thought to originate in the rural areas of the southern and southwestern U.S. While other terms such as redneck
Redneck

Redneck refers to a person who is stereotypically Caucasian race and is of lower socio-economic status in the United States and Canada. Originally limited to the Appalachians, and later the Southern United States, this term has become widely used throughout North America, and to a lesser extent, Australia....
, hick
Yokel

Yokel is a derogatory term referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. In the United States, it is used to describe someone from the rural South or Midwest....
, yokel
Yokel

Yokel is a derogatory term referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. In the United States, it is used to describe someone from the rural South or Midwest....
, "Bubba
Bubba

Bubba is a relationship nickname formed from brother, given to boys to indicate their role in the family, especially the eldest male sibling....
", and "white trash
White trash

White trash is an American English pejorative term referring to individual or groups of Social class in the United States caucasians that the speaker considers to lack cultural capital....
" are also applied, though usually pejoratively and are often interchanged with "good ol' boy," the "good ol' boy" is more of an idealized image of rural Americans, Canadians and Australians.








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Good ol' boy is a slang
Slang

Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language....
 term used, either to self-identify as or to refer to a male, usually white and of Northern/Western-European descent, who lives in a rural area and/or subscribes to a traditionally "rural
Rural

Rural areas are large and isolated areas of a country, often with low populations. Today, 75 percent of the United States' inhabitants live in suburban and urban areas, but cities occupy only 2 percent of the country....
" lifestyle. The term is generally thought to originate in the rural areas of the southern and southwestern U.S. While other terms such as redneck
Redneck

Redneck refers to a person who is stereotypically Caucasian race and is of lower socio-economic status in the United States and Canada. Originally limited to the Appalachians, and later the Southern United States, this term has become widely used throughout North America, and to a lesser extent, Australia....
, hick
Yokel

Yokel is a derogatory term referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. In the United States, it is used to describe someone from the rural South or Midwest....
, yokel
Yokel

Yokel is a derogatory term referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. In the United States, it is used to describe someone from the rural South or Midwest....
, "Bubba
Bubba

Bubba is a relationship nickname formed from brother, given to boys to indicate their role in the family, especially the eldest male sibling....
", and "white trash
White trash

White trash is an American English pejorative term referring to individual or groups of Social class in the United States caucasians that the speaker considers to lack cultural capital....
" are also applied, though usually pejoratively and are often interchanged with "good ol' boy," the "good ol' boy" is more of an idealized image of rural Americans, Canadians and Australians.

Cultural references

  • "The Good Ole Boys" is also the name of a Country Western band in the popular 1980 musical/comedy The Blues Brothers
    The Blues Brothers

    The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award-nominated United States blues music and soul music Revivalist artist founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a Saturday Night Live musical sketches on Saturday Night Live....
    . After the Blues Brothers take a gig reserved for The Good Ole Boys, they attempt to kill band leaders Jake and Elwood Blues.
  • American Pie
    American Pie

    "American Pie" is a folk rock song by singer-songwriter Don McLean.Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one U.S....
     refers to "them good old boys" being at a closed bar called "The Levee," "drinkin' whiskey and rye" .
  • Good Old Boys
    Good old boys

    Good old boys or "good ole boys/good ol' boys" is an United States slang term that can have both positive and negative meanings, depending on context and usage....
     is an album by Randy Newman
    Randy Newman

    Randall Stuart ?Randy? Newman is an Academy Award?winning United States singer/songwriter, arrangement, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his wiktionary:mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
    .
  • The term was also used in the theme song of the popular television show, The Dukes of Hazzard, performed by Country singer Waylon Jennings
    Waylon Jennings

    Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
    .
  • In the movie My Cousin Vinny
    My Cousin Vinny

    My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 in film comedy film written by Dale Launer, and directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio and Marisa Tomei, and featuring Fred Gwynne in his final role....
    , Vinny states, "Hey Stan, you're in Ala-Fuckin-Bama. You come from New York. You killed a good old boy. There is no way this is not going to trial."


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