Words at Play : Top 10 Rare & Amusing Insults, Vol. 2

#10: Chawbacon

Definition:

bumpkin; hick

About the Word:

The dialectal chaw means "chew."

The current culinary prestige of bacon doesn't make "bacon-chewer" seem like much of an insult, but chawbacon came into use back when bacon had a far humbler status.

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