yokel
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In a hilarious illustration of this disconnect, Ms. Hansen writes of a yokel who poured “twenty bags of soil” on the balcony of his Karagümrük apartment to plant beans, tomatoes and peppers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
“People see these as fundamentally silly and unserious beliefs and worldviews. They see a Q believer as a yokel or uninformed idiot.”
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2024
"Ted Lasso" was introduced as a the story of a out-of-place Kansas yokel in Britain, with Jason Sudeikis playing Ted as the kind of man aware of the assumptions people will make about him.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2021
A Missoula yokel is on hand to puncture that claim as out of touch — a fair gripe, and Martin wants us to know he knows it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2020
Dawn Madden did a spazzo yokel voice at the tractor.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
But why don’t the rest of us yokels get schlepped around by private jets when we’re in grave danger?
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2023
Baltz, 42, plays a variety of Midwestern yokels on the improv comedy podcast “Comedy Bang! Bang!” — like Randy Snutz, an amalgamation of dudes he grew up around in the far-flung suburbs of Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
He’s a cautionary tale of what happens to average yokels who fool themselves into thinking they’re ready to take up residence among the sharks.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2019
"The Paperboy" feels more like a hazy slog through the swamp, where gators and goony yokels lie in wait to pounce on their prey.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2012
Country people we may be, but by golly yokels that you can hoodwink we are jolly well not!'”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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