Hick

''Hick'' (or ''country hick'') is a derisive term for a person from a rural area. fake etymology says the term derives from hickory, and first applied to rural school teachers who continued to punish their charges with hickory sticks long after progressive urban school districts had banned or at least seriously restricted corporal punishment. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' says it was "by-form" of the personal name Richard (like Dick) and Hob (like Bob) for Robert. "Hicks" have sometimes been seen, and often been portrayed in popular media, as easy marks for sophisticated urbanites. However, at times this can be turned to the advantage of an apparent hick who is more sophisticated than he appears, which is a frequent basis for a confidence game operation. A famous usage of the term comes from the 1942 in film film ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' which features the ''Variety (magazine)'' headline "STIX NIX HIX PIX", which was a story about how film portarying rural-dwellers as hicks were, unsurprisingly, unpopular in such areas ("the sticks"). Stereotypes of hicks in the popular mind are often derived from such motion pictures as ''The Egg and I'', featuring the first screen appearance of the hick characters Ma and Pa Kettle. ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' were television hicks, although many feel that they, particularly Granny, often in the final analysis got the better of their nemesis, Mrs. Drysdale, and were more mentally stable than the repressed and effete Miss Jane Hathaway, banker Drysdale's secretary. Hicks tend to be distinguished by a lack of sophistication deriving from their ruralness. Hence, the term is not exactly synonymous with white trash, nor has it been claimed with pride as has the similar redneck. Opponents of "political correctness" often complain that "hicks" continue as almost the only group that can be ridiculed and sterotyped with impunity. Pejorative terms for people

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Words begining with Hick:

Hick
Hick's_law
Hickam_AFB
Hickam_Air_Force_Base
Hickam_Housing
Hickam_Housing,_Hawaii
Hickam_Housing,_HI
Hickey
Hickey's_Bengal_Gazette_and_the_Calcutta_General_Advertiser
Hickey's_Bengal_Gazette_or_the_Calcutta_General_Advertiser
Hickey_&_Boggs
Hickham_Air_Force_Base
Hickies
Hickling
Hickling_Broad
Hickman
Hickman
Hickman,_CA
Hickman,_California
Hickman,_Kentucky
Hickman,_KY
Hickman,_NE
Hickman,_Nebraska
Hickman_County
Hickman_County,_Kentucky
Hickman_County,_Kentucky
Hickman_County,_Kentucky
Hickman_County,_KY
Hickman_County,_Tennessee
Hickman_County,_Tennessee
Hickman_County,_Tennessee
Hickman_County,_TN
Hickman_High_School
Hickman_line
Hickok_Belt
Hickory
Hickory
Hickory,_Kentucky
Hickory,_KY
Hickory,_Mississippi
Hickory,_MS
Hickory,_NC
Hickory,_North_Carolina
Hickory,_North_Carolina
Hickory,_OK
Hickory,_Oklahoma
Hickory:_Botany
Hickory_(disambiguation)
Hickory_Beach,_Ontario
Hickory_cloth
Hickory_Corners,_MI
Hickory_Corners,_Michigan
Hickory_County
Hickory_County,_Missouri
Hickory_County,_Missouri
Hickory_County,_Missouri
Hickory_County,_MO
Hickory_Crawdads
Hickory_Creek
Hickory_Creek,_Texas
Hickory_Creek,_TX
Hickory_Dickory_Dock
Hickory_Flat
Hickory_Flat,_Mississippi
Hickory_Flat,_MS
Hickory_Grove
Hickory_Grove,_SC
Hickory_Grove,_South_Carolina
Hickory_Grove,_WI
Hickory_Grove,_Wisconsin
Hickory_Hill
Hickory_Hill,_Kentucky
Hickory_Hill,_KY
Hickory_Hills
Hickory_Hills,_IL
Hickory_Hills,_Illinois
Hickory_Hills,_Mississippi
Hickory_Hills,_MS
Hickory_Ridge
Hickory_Ridge,_AR
Hickory_Ridge,_Arkansas
Hickory_Ridge,_Arkansas
Hickory_Ridge,_Columbia,_Maryland
Hickory_Ridge,_Columbia,_MD
Hickory_Township,_Forest_County,_PA
Hickory_Township,_Forest_County,_Pennsylvania
Hickory_Township,_Lawrence_County,_PA
Hickory_Township,_Lawrence_County,_Pennsylvania
Hickory_Township,_Minnesota
Hickory_Township,_MN
Hickory_Township,_PA
Hickory_Township,_Pennsylvania
Hickory_tree
Hickory_Valley
Hickory_Valley,_Tennessee
Hickory_Valley,_TN
Hickory_Withe,_Tennessee
Hickory_Withe,_TN
Hicks
Hicks
Hicks-Marshall_laws_of_derived_demand
Hicksburg
Hicksian_demand
Hicksian_demand_function
Hickson_Compact_Groups
Hickson_Compact_Group_92
Hickson_Compact_Group_92
Hicksville
Hicksville,_New_York
Hicksville,_OH
Hicksville,_Ohio
Hicks_Baronets
Hicks_Theatre
Hicky
Hick_ninja
Hick_ninja

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