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cracker
[ krak-er ]
/ ËkrĂŠk Ér /
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Origin of cracker
First recorded in 1400â50; late Middle English craker; see crack, -er1; defs. 4, 5 were perhaps originally in sense âbraggart,â applied to frontiersmen of the southern American colonies in the 1760s, though subsequently given other interpretations (cf. corn-cracker); for def. 11 crackers âcrazy,â cf. cracked, -ers
usage note for cracker
The term cracker is used as a neutral nickname by inhabitants of Georgia and Florida; it is a positive term of self-reference. But when the nickname is used by outsiders, it is usually with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting by Georgians and Floridians. Cracker is always disparaging and offensive when used to refer to a poor white person in the South; the word in this sense often implies that the person is regarded as ignorant or uneducated. When used by Black people, cracker can refer to a Southern white racist, not necessarily poor or rural. See also Cracker State.
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cracker
/ (ËkrĂŠkÉ) /
noun
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