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Unfamiliar with "Nigger in a woodpile" idiom, can anyone explain?

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/10/completely-unacce...
Talented gay associate
  07/10/17
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canary up-to-no-good brunch doctorate
  07/10/17
The link confirms the existence of the idiom, but does not e...
Talented gay associate
  07/10/17
just watch the vid
canary up-to-no-good brunch doctorate
  07/10/17
I did there is a woodpile with a nigger in it, but I suspect...
Talented gay associate
  07/10/17
https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA Reference :50
pungent haunting home dysfunction
  07/10/17
It's almost resembles self reflection, but it's just narciss...
Talented gay associate
  07/10/17
Yeah, it is addressed to blacks at the end it seems tho
pungent haunting home dysfunction
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2321539&mc=2...
Drab soul-stirring house
  07/10/17
Is it similar to brass tacks?
Submissive Odious Kitty Cat
  07/10/17
?
Talented gay associate
  07/11/17
"Nigger in the woodpile" or "nigger in the fe...
Rabbi Nahasapeemapetilon
  10/01/25
Ty
Guarding of the Brit
  10/01/25
An African somewhere in a (usually Southern) person's ancest...
habeas penem
  10/01/25


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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:25 PM
Author: Talented gay associate

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/10/completely-unacceptable-mp-apologises-after-woodpile-remarks/

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:26 PM
Author: canary up-to-no-good brunch doctorate

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114734&mc=103&forum_id=2

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:36 PM
Author: Talented gay associate

The link confirms the existence of the idiom, but does not explain it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2)#33745271)



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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:52 PM
Author: canary up-to-no-good brunch doctorate

just watch the vid

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: Talented gay associate

I did there is a woodpile with a nigger in it, but I suspect it's a reference to something predating the cartoon.

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:39 PM
Author: pungent haunting home dysfunction

https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA

Reference :50

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:44 PM
Author: Talented gay associate

It's almost resembles self reflection, but it's just narcissism.

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:56 PM
Author: pungent haunting home dysfunction

Yeah, it is addressed to blacks at the end it seems tho

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:43 PM
Author: Drab soul-stirring house

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2321539&mc=20&forum_id=2

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: Submissive Odious Kitty Cat

Is it similar to brass tacks?

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Date: July 11th, 2017 1:32 AM
Author: Talented gay associate

?

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Date: October 1st, 2025 1:36 AM
Author: Rabbi Nahasapeemapetilon (✅🍑)

"Nigger in the woodpile" or "nigger in the fence" is a figure of speech originating in the United States meaning "some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed—something suspicious or wrong".[1]

The phrase means an unknown factor, something that causes things to turn out differently than would normally be assumed. Woodpiles used to be stacked loosely with spaces, to avoid rot (see illustration) and were presented by racists as natural hiding places for Black people, where they could either nap (fitting the stereotype of the lazy Black man) or spy on their White neighbors.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2)#49316610)



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Date: October 1st, 2025 3:02 AM
Author: Guarding of the Brit

Ty

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Date: October 1st, 2025 8:13 AM
Author: habeas penem

An African somewhere in a (usually Southern) person's ancestry.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2)#49316851)