Redneck slang, the N words
17 redneck slang words that start with N. Open one for the pronunciation, the meaning, and a short origin.
nabs
A pack of peanut-butter sandwich crackers from the gas-station counter.
nader
A tornado; a twister heading your way.
nairn
Not a one. None. Zero of whatever you asked about.
nanners
Bananas, said the country way, especially when somebody's talking pudding.
nary
Not a single one; none at all.
naw
No, said the Southern way.
nearabouts
Around here, or roughly that close in time or place.
nekkid
Naked — said the Southern way, often with a grin.
news bee
A hover fly that hangs in your face like it came to deliver gossip.
no-count
Worthless, lazy, or not worth the trouble.
nohow
In no way, or tagged on like anyhow when the point is already settled.
noodling
Catching catfish with your bare hands, no rod needed.
noseholes
Nostrils, said plain and a little funny.
not too awful much
Not very much; hardly any, said soft.
noway
Anyway — or "not at all," depending how you drop it in the sentence.
nowheres
Nowhere; not any place at all.
nuthin'
Nothing, said the way it comes out on the porch.