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

John Noakes called her awful: "She was a bully who treated me like some country yokel from Yorkshire. I couldn't abide her."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

"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

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

But in the upcoming midterm elections, voters have decided to hate the local yokels, too.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2014

Nan came up with Relocation Rule Number 14: Blend in with the locals or stick out with the yokels.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry