UNSOPHISTICATED
ADJECTIVES
► BACK IN THE WOODS unsophisticated; out of step with the times → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUMPKINLY characteristic of a bumpkin; unsophisticated, rustic, clownish → 1656
► BUSH-LEAGUE inferior, minor, unsophisticated → N. Amer. colloq.
► CHINTZY unfashionable, unsophisticated → 1953 Amer. dial.
► CHUMP unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial → 20C sl.
► CHUMP-ASS unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial → 20C sl.
► CHUMPISH unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial → 20C sl.
► CORNFED rural; backward; unsophisticated → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► COUNTRY-FRIED rural or unsophisticated → 1993 US
► COUNTRY-PLAIN having the simple manner of a person from the country; unsophisticated, unpretentious, straightforward → 1609
► DUNGHILL of the lowest social status; not noble, common; rustic, unsophisticated; crude, vulgar → 1548
► FATBACK lacking sophistication, rustic → 1934 US sl.
► FLAT-FOOTED IN THE CORN FIELD ignorant, unsophisticated → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GOURDY inexperienced, unsophisticated, countrified → 1953 Amer dial.
► GREEN AS A GOURD inexperienced, unsophisticated, countrified → 1902 Amer dial.
► GUTTY raw, unsophisticated → 1950s African-American sl.
► HICK unsophisticated, provincial → L20 colloq., derogatory
► INARTFUL lacking artifice; unsophisticated, unrefined; wanting polish or technical skill → 1714
► JAY rustic, ignorant, unsophisticated → 1889 Amer. dial.
► JUNGLI unsophisticated; uncouth → 1900s Anglo-Indian
► JUST FELL OFF THE CABBAGE TRUCK utterly naive or unsophisticated → 1986 Amer. sl.
► L-7 unfashionable, unsophisticated → 1950s African-American & teen sl.
► LAME socially unsophisticated; naive; ‘square’; hence, easily imposed upon; stupid; inept; ineffectual; incompetent; unaware; inexperienced → 1935 US sl., esp. African-American
► L-SEVEN unfashionable, unsophisticated → 1950s African-American & teen sl.
► NAPPY-HEADED unsophisticated → 1898 African-American sl.
► NEBBY very unsophisticated → 1995 US sl.
► RUSSET-COATED rustic; homely, unsophisticated → 1683
► RUSTIC plain and simple; unsophisticated; having the charm of the countryside → 1738
► RUSTICAL of a person: boorish, unsophisticated → 1532
► SILLY unlearned, unsophisticated, simple, rustic, ignorant → a1547 obs.
► SIMPLE-HEARTED ingenuous, sincere, unsophisticated → 1711
► UNCOOL. unpleasant, emotional, rude, tactless, unsophisticated, unfair → 1953 sl., orig. US
► UNGROOVY unsophisticated, unaware → 1940s African-American usage
► UNHEP ► UNHIP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant → 1930s sl., orig. US
► UNHIPPED unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant → 1930s sl., orig. US
► UP-COUNTRY unsophisticated → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► NASHVILLE any unsophisticated, suburban, middle-American town → 1983 African-American sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ALVIN an unsophisticated dweller in a small town or rural settlement → 1940s sl.
► APPLE-KNOCKER a rural, unsophisticated person → 1910s US sl.
► APPLE-PICKER a fool, an unsophisticated person, a country person → 1910s US sl.
► APPLE-SHAKER a rural, unsophisticated person → M19 US sl.
► APPLE-SQUEEZER a rural, unsophisticated person → 1930s US sl.
► BACK NUMBER a person having out-of-date interests or ideas; an old-fashioned, or unsophisticated person → 1882 Amer. sl.
► BAMA ► BAMMA a person from the rural American South, often characterized as unsophisticated or unfashionable; generally, an unsophisticated or unfashionable person; a rustic → 1970 sl., chiefly African-American, often derogatory
► BARNEY an unsophisticated person; one who is not part of currently approved fashions or attitudes → 1834 US college sl.
► BEALS a fool, an idiot, an unsophisticated person; a displeasing person → a2001 sl.
► BENNY an unsophisticated peasant; a stupid person → 1998 UK sl.
► BEZZ ► BEZZIE a cloddish, unsophisticated person → 1980s UK sl.
► BHUTTO an uncouth, unfashionable, uncultured person; an unsophisticated person → 1995 W. Indies Rasta usage
► BITCH BOOBY a rough, unsophisticated country woman → 1796 UK military sl.
► BOGAN a young lout; an unfashionable, uncouth, or unsophisticated person, esp. regarded as being of low social status → 1984 Aust. sl., depreciative usage
► BUSH BUNNY a woman from a remote area; a naive, unsophisticated woman → 2004 Fiji sl.
► BUTTER-AND-EGG MAN a dairyman; a provincial farmer or businessman characterized as unsophisticated or easily duped → 1867 US sl.
► CHUMP an unsophisticated person; a victim; an inferior → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► CLYDE a person who prefers unsophisticated, simple, or old-fashioned methods → 1910
► COUNTRY BAMA an uncultured or unsophisticated person from the southern US → 2007 African-American sl.
► COUNTRY COUSIN any person with an unsophisticated and provincial appearance or manner → 1692
► COUNTRY JOAN a rustic or countrified woman; an unsophisticated countrywoman → 1606
► COUNTRY JOHNNY an unsophisticated country person → 19C sl.
► COUNTRY PUT a loutish, unsophisticated, or foolish person from the country; an inexperienced person → 1688 sl. obs.
► CRUDIE an unsophisticated rustic → 1968 US sl.
► DAD AND DAVE a peasant; an unsophisticated person → 1930s Aust. sl.
► EIGHT-BALL an unsophisticated Black person; a square → M20 African-American sl.
► ELMER an unsophisticated, esp. rustic, man or boy; an inexperienced, stupid boy → 1926 US sl.
► FARMER a peasant; an unsophisticated country person, whether an actual farmer or not; a rustic hillbilly → 1864 US sl., derogatory
► GARVIE ► GAWIE a country bumpkin; an unsophisticated peasant → 1963 S. Afr. sl.
► GIRL NEXT DOOR, THE a person perceived as familiar, approachable, and dependable, typically in the context of a romantic partnership; sometimes with the implication of a lack of originality, excitement, or glamour; a wholesome, virtuous, chaste, and unsophisticated person → 1925
► GOOF an unsophisticated rustic → 1950s US sl.
► GUIDO a person regarded as socially unsophisticated; an Italian-American man, esp. one who is aggressively masculine and vain regarding his appearance and possessions → 1985 US sl., usually derogatory
► HAYBACK a rustic; a countrified person; an unsophisticated person → 1941 Amer. dial.
► HAY KICKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person → 1941 Amer. dial.
► HAYMAKER a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person → 1847 Amer. dial.
► HAY POUNDER a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person → 1941 Amer. dial.
► HAY RUBE a farmer or rustic; a hick; an unsophisticated or boorish person → 1900 Amer. dial.
► HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow → 1834 Amer. sl.
► HAYSEEDER a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person → 1891 Amer. dial.
► HAYSHAGGER a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HAYSHAKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person → 1924 Amer. dial.
► HONYOCK a person, usually a male, who acts like a peasant; a crude or unsophisticated person; a rustic oaf → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOYDEN an unsophisticated, uneducated or socially awkward man; an uncouth or bad-mannered man; a boor → 1572 obs.
► JAAPIE an unsophisticated person, esp. one from a rural area; patronizing usage if not offensive → 1964 S. Afr. sl.
► JABRONEY ► JABRONI a newly immigrated foreigner; hence someone inexperienced or unsophisticated; an inept or stupid person; a guy or fellow → 1960 US sl.
► JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person → 1890 Amer. dial.
► JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person → 1886 Amer. dial.
► JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person → 1907 Amer. dial.
► JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person → 1911 Amer. dial.
► JEFF an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest → 1938 Amer. dial.. derogatory
► JEFF DAVIS an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest → 1946 Amer. dial., derogatory
► JEFFER an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest → 1969 Amer. dial., derogatory
► LAIN a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated → 1933 US sl., esp. African-American & criminals’ usage
► LAME a person who is ‘lame’; a fool, an idiot; an unsophisticated person; one who does not fir in with a particular social group → 1958 US sl., chiefly African-American
► LAME-O a fool; an idiot; an unsophisticated person → 1977 US students’ sl.
► LAMER a person who is ‘lame’; a fool, an idiot; an unsophisticated person → 1961 US sl.
► LANE a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated → 1933 US sl., esp. African-American & criminals’ usage
► MOSSBACK an unsophisticated country dweller; a rustic → 1873
► NAPPY HEAD an unsophisticated Black person → 1959 African-American sl.
► NASHVILLE an unsophisticated person → 1983 African-American sl.
► NEVER-SEE-COME-SEE an unsophisticated person, seeing the sophisticated world for the first time → 1976 W. Indies sl.
► NEWT a stupid, unsophisticated or socially inadequate person → 1936 US students’ sl.
► OAT-CAKE an unsophisticated fellow → 1914 Amer. students’ sl.
► OCK a boorish, loutish, unsophisticated, ultra-nationalistic Australian → 1976 Aust. sl.
► OCKER a boorish, loutish, unsophisticated, ultra-nationalistic Australian → 1974 Aust. sl.
► OCKERINA a female ‘ocker’; a boorish, loutish, unsophisticated, ultra-nationalistic Australian female → 1999 Aust. sl.
► PRIMITIST a person who prefers unsophisticated, simple, or old-fashioned methods → 1818 obs.
► QUACO an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person → 1799 W. Indies sl.
► QUAMIN ► QUARMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person → 1943 W. Indies sl.
► QUASHIE a country dweller; an unsophisticated peasant → M19 sl.
► RABBIT-CHOKER a country person; a farmer; an unsophisticated peasant; a hillbilly → c1950 Amer.
► RAILSPLITTER a farmer; an unsophisticated rustic → 1867 Amer. dial.
► RANKY DANK an unsophisticated, unworldly person → 1960s African-American sl.
► REUBEN an unsophisticated countryman; a farmer or rustic, a countrified person; a boorish person → 1890 Amer. dial.
► ROUGH NUT an ugly person; an unsophisticated person from the bush → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► RUSSET-COAT a country person, a peasant; a homely or unsophisticated person → 1568
► RUSTIC a boorish, ignorant, or unsophisticated person; a bumpkin → 1600 depreciative usage
► RUSTICAL a person who lives in the countryside; typically implies ignorance or lack of sophistication → 1532
► SHIRL a boorish, loutish, unsophisticated female; a female ‘ocker’ → 1970s Aust. sl.
► SHIT-KICKER a rustic, unsophisticated, or countrified person; a cowboy or would-be cowboy → 1964 Amer. dial.
► SQUAB an unsophisticated girl → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► STRINGY-BARK a person who lives in the Australian outback; an uncultured or unsophisticated person; a ne’er-do-well → 1836 Aust. sl., obs.
► TACK an unsophisticated person → 1950s African-American sl.
► WALLY ► WOLLY an unfashionable, unintelligent, suburban person, lacking in taste and sophistication → 1920s sl.
► WALLY-BRAIN an unfashionable, unintelligent, ‘suburban’ person, lacking in taste and sophistication → 1981 UK sl.
► WINCHELL a trusting, unsophisticated person → 1972 US sl.
► WOODCHUCK an unsophisticated person from a remote place → 1931 US sl. SL
► WOOLLY BACK an unsophisticated country dweller; a rustic → 1981 UK sl.
► WRINKLE an unpleasant, unsophisticated male → 1990s US students’ sl.
► YAHOE a loutish, ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic → 1851 Amer. dial.
► YAHOO a degraded or bestial person; a lout, a boor; an ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic → 1726
► YAP an uncultured or unsophisticated person; a gullible person; an easy victim; a dupe → c1894 Eng. dial. & US sl.
► YARD DOG an unsophisticated, uncouth person → 1973 US sl.
► YARPIE an unsophisticated person, esp. one from a rural area; patronizing usage if not offensive → 1964 S. Afr. sl.
► YAY-NAY a simpleton; a poor conversationalist; an unsophisticated person → 1860 sl. (Bk.)
► YEA-AND-NAY-MAN one who has no conversational power, and can only answer ‘yea’ or ‘nay’ to a question; a simpleton; an unsophisticated person → 1725 sl.
► YELLOWHAMMER an unsophisticated rustic → 1836 sl.
► YOB a fool; a naive, gullible, or unintelligent person; also, an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin → 1886 chiefly Aust. & NZ
► YOBBO a foolish, unsophisticated idiot → 1988 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► YOKEL a term of contempt for a (stupid or ignorant) countryman or rustic; an uneducated and unsophisticated, gullible person from the countryside; a country bumpkin; a lout; an oaf → 1812 usually derogatory
PHRASES
► FROM HORSE AND BUGGY unsophisticated; from the backwoods → 2000s sl.
► JUST FALLEN OFF THE CABBAGE TRUCK very naive, unsophisticated → 1980s US sl.
► JUST FALLEN OFF THE TURNIP TRUCK very naive, unsophisticated → 1980s US sl.
VERBS
► APPLE KNOCK to act the yokel, to behave in an unsophisticated manner → 1940s sl.