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yokel
[ yoh-kuhl ]
noun
- an unsophisticated person from a rural area; a country bumpkin.
yokel
/ ˈÂáəʊ°ìÉ™±ô /
noun
- derogatory.(used chiefly by townspeople) a person who lives in the country, esp one who appears to be simple and old-fashioned
Derived Forms
- ˈ²â´Ç°ì±ð±ô¾±²õ³ó, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²â´Çk±ð±ô·¾±²õ³ó adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of yokel1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of yokel1
Example Sentences
Senate run the following year, Springer referenced a quote by then National Review commentator Jonah Goldberg, who warned of new people brought to the polls by Springer, including “slack-jawed yokels, hicks, weirdos, pervs and whatnots.â€
And yet, this media myth persists that it's all just an act to win over the "base" of uneducated yokels.
They find it hard to fathom why anyone would want to live in a place that films, TV shows and other media have taught them is a cesspool populated only by slack-jawed yokels.
I wasn’t even sure what a yokel was, but I tried blending in anyway.
The only yokels in the hearing room were on the dais.
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