yokel

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

"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

“Hilter” plans to run for a minor office in a local election and gives a speech from a balcony to an audience of three children and one yokel with a straw hat.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2019

"She was a bully who treated me like some country yokel from Yorkshire. I couldn't abide her then, so I won't pretend I am looking forward to rubbing shoulders with her now."

From BBC ● May 29, 2017

I wasn’t even sure what a yokel was, but I tried blending in anyway.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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

The British soldier was grinning, and Johnny guessed that he had been put up to this game merely to snare ‘the yokels.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes