wetneck

wetneck
 n.— «Mencia’s funniest stuff was his most cutting, from delineating the similarities between rednecks and Mexicans (or “wetnecks,” as he called them) to dismissing Hispanic gangbangers as “idiots” (“Please stop embarrassing us,” he pleaded).» —“Carlos Mencia’s seriously funny at Coliseum” El Paso Times (Texas) Sept. 15, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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