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HILLBILLY
hillbilly, bushwhacker
(noun) a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hillbilly (plural hillbillies)
(often pejorative) Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.
A white person from the rural southern part of the United States, especially the Southeastern states.
Synonyms
• hick
Verb
hillbilly (third-person singular simple present hillbillies, present participle hillbillying, simple past and past participle hillbillied)
To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm.
To portray or act as an uneducated and unsophisticated fool.
To perform or experience stereotypically hillbilly-like actions.
Source: Wiktionary
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SOMETIME
(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”
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