- Hogwaller
Hogwaller is a pejorative description for any town or similar place, much like
Podunk , that is populated by hillbillies and their farm animals.Development of the usage
The word is of unknown origin, but it appears to have developed as a portrayal of some parts of the American rural South no later than 1915, when a syndicated column called "The Hogwallow News" can be documented as running in some American newspapers. [cite news
title = Where's the pork? The rise and fall of the Hogwaller name
url = http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2007/11/29/COVER-Hogwaller-G.rtf.aspx
work =The Hook (newspaper)
location = Charlottesville
date = 2007-11-29
accessdate = 2008-02-24
author = Sorensen, Adam]The connotations appealed to the creators of the
Charlottesville, Virginia -based "bluegrock" bandThe Hogwaller Ramblers .References
External links
* [http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2007/11/29/COVER-Hogwaller-G.rtf.aspx "Where's the pork? The rise and fall of the Hogwaller name"]
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