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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.[1]
The connotations appealed to the creators of the Charlottesville, Virginia-based "bluegrock" band The Hogwaller Ramblers.
References
- ^ Sorensen, Adam (2007-11-29). "Where's the pork? The rise and fall of the Hogwaller name", The Hook (newspaper) (Charlottesville). Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
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