Okie

See also: okie

English

Etymology

Shortening of Oklahoma, +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.ki/
• Rhymes: -əʊki

Noun

Okie (plural Okies)

1. (US, informal, sometimes derogatory) A person from Oklahoma.

   Will Rogers is considered a famous Okie.

   • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:

     One time we broke into an Okie house where everybody was getting ready to go to a funeral.

   • 1979 August 11, Laud Humphreys, “Courage, Sisters and Brothers!”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 5:

     When, in high school, I was at the depth of my self-loathing-as-sissy, a brilliant young man arrived in Chickasha to become choral director at the high school. My friends and I had never met anyone like him: urbane, brilliant, dedicated to professional standards, a real taskmaster, who seemed to care for us little Okie hicks.

Synonyms

• Oklahoman
• Sooner

See also

• oukie

Anagrams

• Eiko, Ekoi