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

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/10/completely-unacce...
Appetizing home ape
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114734&mc=1...
laughsome temple
  07/10/17
The link confirms the existence of the idiom, but does not e...
Appetizing home ape
  07/10/17
just watch the vid
laughsome temple
  07/10/17
I did there is a woodpile with a nigger in it, but I suspect...
Appetizing home ape
  07/10/17
https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA Reference :50
Spectacular deep theater stage
  07/10/17
It's almost resembles self reflection, but it's just narciss...
Appetizing home ape
  07/10/17
Yeah, it is addressed to blacks at the end it seems tho
Spectacular deep theater stage
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2321539&mc=2...
tan sandwich
  07/10/17
Is it similar to brass tacks?
vivacious locale
  07/10/17
?
Appetizing home ape
  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: Appetizing home ape

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: laughsome temple

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: Appetizing home ape

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: laughsome temple

just watch the vid

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: Appetizing home ape

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: Spectacular deep theater stage

https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA

Reference :50

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:44 PM
Author: Appetizing home ape

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

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:56 PM
Author: Spectacular deep theater stage

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

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:43 PM
Author: tan sandwich

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: vivacious locale

Is it similar to brass tacks?

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Date: July 11th, 2017 1:32 AM
Author: Appetizing home ape

?

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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)