hicklib

plural hicklibs

1. USslangA country dweller with liberal or progressive views.

   I have written about the woke yokel, a.k.a. “hicklib,” phenomenon in my previous reporting on Southwestern Pennsylvania politics.

   2022 August 15, Andrew Cuff, “Yokel Wokeism in Western Pennsylvania”, in The American Conservative

   1 more example

   Republicans’ knock on Walz echoes a trope that has taken hold in the fringier parts of the conservative internet in recent years: the so-called “hicklib,” a derogatory term used by some online conservatives to refer to a certain type of rural progressive.

   2024 August 15, Ian Ward, “The online right’s attack against Walz”, in Politico