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

Unlike earlier Liverpool entertainers, who seemed to either Londonise themselves or specialise in being Scouser yokels, the Beatles have come up with a different and heavily northern flavoured sound of their own.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2012

The Spaniards gawped like yokels at the wide streets, ornately carved buildings, and markets bright with goods from hundreds of miles away.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann