Yokel
noun
A person from the countryside who is considered to be not smart or sophisticated.
In the city, he felt like a yokel, completely out of place among the fashionable, fast-paced urbanites.
Often appears as...
- local yokel
- feel like a yokel
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A person from the countryside who is considered to be not smart or sophisticated.
In the city, he felt like a yokel, completely out of place among the fashionable, fast-paced urbanites.
Often appears as...
- local yokel
- feel like a yokel
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Potentially Offensive
Be careful when using 'yokel' because it can insult someone by implying they're uneducated or unsophisticated.
Calling him a yokel hurt his feelings because he was proud of his rural roots.
Pro Tip 2/3Stereotype Alert
'Yokel' reinforces stereotypes, so understand it may not reflect truth about individuals from rural areas.
He disproved the yokel stereotype with his quick wit and sophisticated taste.
Pro Tip 3/3Urban Contrast
Use 'yokel' to highlight a contrast between rural simplicity and urban complexity or fashion.
At the tech conference, the self-identified yokel amazed everyone with his innovative ideas.
Pro Tip 1/3Potentially Offensive
Be careful when using 'yokel' because it can insult someone by implying they're uneducated or unsophisticated.
Calling him a yokel hurt his feelings because he was proud of his rural roots.
Pro Tip 2/3Stereotype Alert
'Yokel' reinforces stereotypes, so understand it may not reflect truth about individuals from rural areas.
He disproved the yokel stereotype with his quick wit and sophisticated taste.
Pro Tip 3/3Urban Contrast
Use 'yokel' to highlight a contrast between rural simplicity and urban complexity or fashion.
At the tech conference, the self-identified yokel amazed everyone with his innovative ideas.
Pro Tip 1/3Potentially Offensive
Be careful when using 'yokel' because it can insult someone by implying they're uneducated or unsophisticated.
Calling him a yokel hurt his feelings because he was proud of his rural roots.
Pro Tip 2/3Stereotype Alert
'Yokel' reinforces stereotypes, so understand it may not reflect truth about individuals from rural areas.
He disproved the yokel stereotype with his quick wit and sophisticated taste.
Pro Tip 3/3Urban Contrast
Use 'yokel' to highlight a contrast between rural simplicity and urban complexity or fashion.
At the tech conference, the self-identified yokel amazed everyone with his innovative ideas.
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Video examples
Time-lapse proof of...
the Sola my yokel and here if you watch you can see the terminus retreating you can see this river being formed you can see it deflating without the photographic process you would never see this this is invisible you can stand up
Video examples
The Global Partnership...
and a yokel gbit aya nee-chan she opium if we look after the ocean the ocean will look after us the world needs a new philosophy not a
Video examples
Time-lapse proof of...
the Sola my yokel and here if you watch you can see the terminus retreating you can see this river being formed you can see it deflating without the photographic process you would never see this this is invisible you can stand up
Video examples
The Global Partnership...
and a yokel gbit aya nee-chan she opium if we look after the ocean the ocean will look after us the world needs a new philosophy not a
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