Ku Klux Klan (proper noun)
An American white supremacist group that specifically targets black Americans, but is upheld by a belief in the superiority of the white race over all others.
"The King" (proper noun)
A nickname for Elvis Presley, a rock and roll singer.
retarded (adjective)
An offensive term for someone with less advanced mental development.
Negro (proper noun)
An offensive and dated term for a black American.
coon (noun)
A racist and offensive term for a black American.
segregated (adjective)
separated or divided along racial lines.
integrated (adjective)
desegregated, especially racially.
Joan Baez (proper noun)
A famous folk singer who was prominent in the 1960s.
Home Economics (proper noun)
cooking and other aspects of household management, especially as taught at school.
platoon (noun)
a subdivision of a company of soldiers, usually forming a tactical unit that is commanded by a lieutenant and divided into several sections.
Dr. Pepper (proper noun)
A carbonated soft drink created in the 1880s.
redneck (noun)
a derogatory term for a working-class white person, especially a politically reactionary one from a rural area.
gumbo (noun)
okra, especially the gelatinous pods used in cooking.
Playboy (proper noun)
an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine known for featuring photos of nude and seminude women.
beatnik (noun)
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.
grunt (noun)
a low-ranking or unskilled soldier or other worker.
million dollar wound (noun)
military slang for a wound that is not crippling or fatal, but which gets a soldier sent away from service.
nape (noun)
Short for napalm, a highly flammable sticky jelly used in incendiary bombs and flamethrowers, consisting of gasoline thickened with special soaps.
oinker (noun)
slang, derogatory term for a cop.
SDS (proper noun)
short for "Students for a Democratic Society," a national student activist organization in the United States that was one of the main representations of the New Left.
