Herkimer Jerkimer
Herkimer Jerkimer noun: a yokel; a country bumpkin.
Noun
Herkimer Jerkimer (plural Herkimer Jerkimers)
- A yokel; a country bumpkin.
- Herkimer Jerkimer, a fool, a rustic, is a "jerk from Herkimer," an impossibly remote place. This jerk was, presumably, from his upstate hometown of Herkimer, New York, ZIP code 13350.1995, Irving Lewis Allen, “The Contempt for Provincial Life”, in The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245
- A 'Herkimer Jerkimer?' Why, that's a local yokel, you rube.1995 November 19, Jesse McKinley, “F.Y.I.”, in New York Times, section 13, page 2
Forms of Herkimer Jerkimer
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Origin of Herkimer Jerkimer
A reduplicated rhyming compound, from Herkimer and jerk. First appeared during the 1940s.
Questions about Herkimer Jerkimer
- What does Herkimer Jerkimer mean?
- Herkimer Jerkimer means a yokel; a country bumpkin.
- What part of speech is Herkimer Jerkimer?
- Herkimer Jerkimer is a noun.
- What is the plural of Herkimer Jerkimer?
- The plural of Herkimer Jerkimer is Herkimer Jerkimers.
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