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A "HICK" IS A TYPE OF PERSON.
1. IT IS USUALLY REFERRED TO SOMEONE IN TEENAGE YEARS
OR OLDER. THEY ARE MOST KNOWN FOR THEIR SOUTHERN SMALL
TOWN MORALS AND MANNERISMS. THEY USUALLY
HAVE A SOUTHERN
ACCENT (THO THOSE IN THE NORTH HAVE A LESS NOTICEABLE ONE).
MOST SOCIAL FUNCTIONS THEY HAVE INVOLVE BEER. THEIR VIEWS
VARY FROM CONSERVATIVE TO RADICALLY CONSERVATIVE.
2. SOMEONE WHO IS BEHIND IN CURRENT VIEWS IN SOCIETY. SOMEONE
WHO LIVES IN A RURAL SETTING.

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Vocabulary

Date learned: 00-00-1985

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