Etymology

Jed Clampett

Today it means: A low-class, trashy nouveau riche person who may be naive and is often a hillbilly or otherwise rural. Full definition →

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The story

From the character Jed Clampett from the television show Beverly Hillbillies.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.